Socioeconomic status and morbidity in the last years of life

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 569-572

  Liao, Youlian ^a   McGee, Daniel L ^a   Kaufman, Jay S ^a   Cao, Guichan ^a   Cooper, Richard S ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0033067988     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.4.569     Document Type: Article

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