Social position and health: Are old and new occupational classifications interchangeable?

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-106

  Craig, Peter ^a   Forbes, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATION; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 11244267271     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932003006424     Document Type: Article

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