Socioeconomic Status and Health: The Problem of Explanation and a Sociological Solution

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-141

  Young, Frank W ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

biomedical theory; population health; SES effects; socioeconomic status; structural theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750062770     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.sth.8700026     Document Type: Article

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