Social inequalities in health by individual and household measures of social position in a cohort of healthy people

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 56-62

  Chandola, Tarani ^a   Bartley, M ^a   Wiggins, R ^b   Schofield, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL CLASS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037219127     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.1.56     Document Type: Article

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