Social differences in health: Life-cycle effects between ages 23 and 33 in the 1958 British birth cohort

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1499-1506

  Power, Chris ^a   Hertzman, Clyde ^b   Matthews, Sharon ^a   Manor, Orly ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030778884     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.87.9.1499     Document Type: Article

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