The social class determinants of income inequality and social cohesion

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 699-732

  Muntaner, Carles ^a   Lynch, John ^a   Dates, Gary L ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

AGGRESSION; FRUSTRATION; POLITICS; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIOLENCE;

AUTHORITARIANISM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LABOR UNIONS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PUBLIC POLICY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032714925     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HNC9-BEFF-7UWL-92Y2     Document Type: Review

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