Origins of health inequalities in a national population sample

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9091, 1997, Pages 1584-1589

  Power, Chris ^a   Matthews, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CROWDING; DIET; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NEWBORN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031590608     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)07474-6     Document Type: Article

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