Income inequality and health

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 374-379

  Veenstra, Gerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036751368     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404573     Document Type: Article

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