Neighborhood and Individual Socioeconomic Determinants of Hospitalization

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-134

  Taylor, C Barr ^a   Ahn, David ^a   Winkleby, Marilyn A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33745621056     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2006.03.025     Document Type: Article

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