Household income and health status in children and adolescents in Britain

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 354-360

  Emerson, Eric ^a   Graham, Hilary ^a   Hatton, Chris ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Disability; Health inequalities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33748136862     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki200     Document Type: Review

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