Socioeconomic position and health: The independent contribution of community socioeconomic context

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 25, Issue , 1999, Pages 489-516

  Robert, Stephanie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Income inequality; Mortality; Neighborhood; Social class; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033459816     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.25.1.489     Document Type: Article

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