Socioeconomic disparities in health change in a longitudinal study of US adults: The role of health-risk behaviors

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-40

  Lantz, Paula M ^a   Lynch, John W ^a   House, James S ^a   Lepkowski, James M ^a   Mero, Richard P ^a   Musick, Marc A ^b   Williams, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Health status change; Health risk behaviors; Longitudinal studies; Poverty; Socioeconomic disparities; USA

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035019354     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00319-1     Document Type: Article

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