Towards defining socioeconomic and demographic inequalities that may affect health in Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-46

  Shah, Nasra M ^a   Shah, Makhdoom A ^a   Radovanovic, Zoran ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Social class measurement; Social inequalities in health; Socioeconomic score; Socioeconomic status; Socioeconomic status and health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; READING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031776383     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026020     Document Type: Article

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