R. M. Sapolsky's Review “The influence of social hierarchy on primate health” (29 Apr., p. [648][1]) begins and ends with the conundrum that there is a graded, inverse association between low socioeconomic position (SEP) and important health outcomes in humans. The nicely described animal work
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