Community-Level Socioeconomic Status Effects on Adult Health

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-37

  Robert, Stephanie A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032017868     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2676387     Document Type: Article

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