Socioeconomic status and racial and ethnic differences in functional status associated with chronic diseases

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 805-810

  Kington, Raynard S ^a,b   Smith, James P ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0030979874     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.5.805     Document Type: Article

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