Prognostic relevance of census-derived individual respondent incomes versus household incomes

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 114-117

  Southern, Danielle A ^a   Faris, Peter D ^a   Knudtson, Merril L ^a   Ghali, William A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Censuses; Income; Registries; Socioeconomics status; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33645752749     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405327     Document Type: Article

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