Variations in population health status: Results from a United Kingdom national questionnaire survey

British Medical Journal

Volumn 316, Issue 7133, 1998, Pages 736-741

  Kind, Paul ^a   Dolan, Paul ^a   Gudex, Claire ^a   Williams, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032492429     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7133.736     Document Type: Article

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