Do we need an age specific measure of consensual poverty for older adults? Evidence from the poverty and social exclusion survey

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 616-617

  Smith, Lucy K ^a   Hancock, Ruth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POVERTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BED; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERNET; POVERTY; SAMPLE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY;

EID: 3042616422     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.011544     Document Type: Short Survey

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