Measuring the magnitude of socio-economic inequalities in health: An overview of available measures illustrated with two examples from Europe

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 757-771

  Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EUROPE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0030932519     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00073-1     Document Type: Article

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