Socio-economic status and health: Causality and pathways

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-63

  Adda, Jérôme ^a,b   Chandola, Tarani ^a   Marmot, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

HEALTH INEQUALITIES; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY RATE;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 0346724416     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(02)00146-X     Document Type: Article

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