Systematic bias in self-reported annual household incomes among unpartnered elderly cardiac patients

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 205-209

  Fukuoka, Yoshimi ^a   Rankin, Sally H ^a   Carroll, Diane L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS;

AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 35748966691     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2007.01.010     Document Type: Article

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