Socio-economic differences in hostility measures - A population based study

Psychology and Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 191-202

  Haukkala, Ari ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anger; Education; Health inequalities; Hostility; Income; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036005122     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440290013671     Document Type: Article

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