Social inequalities in health: Disentangling the underlying mechanisms

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 954, Issue , 2001, Pages 118-139

  Goldman, Noreen ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal; Health; Selection; Social inequalities; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0035683187     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb02750.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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