Inequalities in self-rated health: Explanations from different stages of life

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9108, 1998, Pages 1009-1014

  Power, Chris ^a   Matthews, Sharon ^a   Manor, Orly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK;

EID: 0032481863     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)11082-0     Document Type: Article

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