The relationship of household income to a range of health measures in three age cohorts from the West of Scotland

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 271-277

  Der, Geoff ^a,b   MacIntyre, Sally ^a   Ford, Graeme ^a   Hunt, Kate ^a   West, Patrick ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; Income; Scotland; Twenty 07

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033378580     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/9.4.271     Document Type: Article

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