Over the limit: The association among health, race and debt

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 517-529

  Drentea, Patricia ^a   Lavrakas, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit; Debt; Health; Race; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

DEBT; HEALTH IMPACT; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POVERTY; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

BEHAVIOR; DRINKING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; OBESITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034142593     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00298-1     Document Type: Article

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