Poverty and health: Exploring the links between financial stress and emotional stress in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-16

  Saunders, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FINANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0031829938     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01139.x     Document Type: Article

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