Comparing measures of health inequality

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 761-771

  Manor, Orly ^a   Matthews, Sharon ^b   Power, Chris ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Health inequality; Social class

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; ODDS RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS;

HEALTH INEQUALITY; INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EID: 0030617510     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00412-1     Document Type: Article

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