Social class differences in mortality using the National Statistics Socio-economic Classification - Too little, too soon: A reply to Chandola

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1121-1127

  Rose, D ^a   Pevalin, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Income; Mortality; NS SEC; Social class; UK

Indexed keywords

INCOME; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PEER REVIEW; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034309864     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00136-2     Document Type: Article

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