Inequalities in health: The interaction between socio-economic and personal circumstances

Public Health

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 157-162

  Blank, N ^a   Diderichsen, F ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Health status; Interaction; Social class

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

HEALTH INEQUALITY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

EID: 0029662963     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(96)80069-2     Document Type: Article

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