Different income information as an indicator for health inequality among Japanese adults

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 93-99

  Fukuda, Yoshiharu ^a   Nakao, Hiroyuki ^a   Imai, Hirohisa ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health inequality; Income; Self rated health; Smoking; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 34347376175     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.17.93     Document Type: Article

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