Health inequalities in the early years: Is there equalisation in youth?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 833-858

  West, Patrick ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equalisation in youth; Health inequalities; Youth and health

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0030936530     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00188-8     Document Type: Article

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