The patterning of health by social position in contemporary Britain: Directions for sociological research

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1986, Pages 393-415

  Macintyre, Sally ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

health selection; physical and mental health; social causation; social position

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0022873298     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(86)90082-1     Document Type: Article

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