The duration and timing of exposure: Effects of socioeconomic environment on adult health

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1059-1065

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

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033366795     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.7.1059     Document Type: Article

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