Socio-economic inequalities as a predictor of health in South Africa - The Yenza cross-sectional study

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 323-330

  Mfenyana, Khaya ^a   Griffin, Mark ^b   Yogeswaran, Parimalarani ^a   Modell, Bernadette ^b   Modell, Michael ^b   Chandia, Jimmy ^a   Nazareth, Irwin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRANSKEI   (South Africa)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNIZATION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTION; RURAL AREA; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33646006099     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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