The impact of socioeconomic status on health functioning as assessed by the SF-36 questionnaire: The Whitehall II study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1484-1490

  Hemingway, Harry ^a,b   Nicholson, Amanda ^c   Stafford, Mai ^a   Roberts, Ron ^d   Marmot, Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Kensington Chelsea Westminster H ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030819032     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.9.1484     Document Type: Article

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