How large are the differences - Really? Self-reported long-standing illness among working class and middle class men

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 475-498

  Elstad, Jon Ivar ^a  

^a Institute of Applied Social Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Long standing illness; Self reported morbidity; Social class; Survey methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030505624     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.ep10939088     Document Type: Article

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