Commentary: On form, comparability, and levels in the income and health relationship

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 293-294

  Fritzell, Johan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME;

CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT;

CULTURE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERNATIONALITY; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS;

EID: 18444395901     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh412     Document Type: Note

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