Lay understandings of the effects of poverty: A Canadian perspective

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 514-530

  Reutter, Linda I ^a   Veenstra, Gerry ^b   Stewart, Miriam J ^a   Raphael, Dennis ^c   Love, Rhonda ^d   Makwarimba, Edward ^a   McMurray, Susan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attributions for poverty; Effects of poverty; Exposure to poverty; Public perceptions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CONSUMER; DIET; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 27344458038     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2005.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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