Social inequalities in health - Do they diminish with age? Revisiting the question in Sweden 1999

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-5

  Merlo, Juan ^a   Gerdtham, Ulf G ^a   Lynch, John ^b   Beckman, Anders ^a   Norlund, Anders ^c   Lithman, Thor ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c SBU   (Sweden)

^d Skane County Council   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RETIREMENT; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; WORKER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HIGHEST INCOME GROUP; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; SOCIAL STATUS; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 3042526319     PISSN: 14759276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-2-1     Document Type: Article

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