The socioeconomic status of older adults: How should we measure it in studies of health inequalities?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 895-904

  Grundy, E ^a   Holt, G ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035190686     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.55.12.895     Document Type: Article

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