Socioeconomic status and transitions in status in old age in relation to limiting long-term illness measured at the 1991 Census: Results from the UK longitudinal study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 265-270

  Breeze, Elizabeth ^a   Sloggett, Andy ^a   Fletcher, Astrid E ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Limiting long term illness; Old age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033396438     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/9.4.265     Document Type: Article

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