Health inequalities in rural China: Evidence from HeBei Province

Health and Place

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-84

  Anson, Ofra ^a   Sun, Shifang ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HeBei Academy of Social Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Rural China; Social class

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; OCCUPATION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIETY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 0344430255     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8292(03)00048-0     Document Type: Article

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