The use of quantitative medical sociology

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 25, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2003, Pages 115-130

  Blane, David ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic labour; Ethnicity; Health inequalities; Income distribution; Lifecourse; Measurement of social class; Socio geography; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNOLOGY; FUTUROLOGY; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCOME; LABOR; MEDICINE; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0038128678     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.00343     Document Type: Review

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