Measuring social class in us public health research: Concepts, methodologies, and guidelines

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue , 1997, Pages 341-378

  Krieger, N ^a   Williams, D R ^b   Moss, N E ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

geocoding; methodology; social class; social inequalities in health; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POVERTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0030945016     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.18.1.341     Document Type: Review

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