Defining a minimum income for healthy living (MIHL): Older age, England

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1300-1307

  Morris, Jerry N ^a   Wilkinson, Paul ^a   Dangour, Alan D ^a   Deeming, Christopher ^a   Fletcher, Astrid ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Costs of living; Elderly; Epidemiology; Evidence based Public Health; Health; Income; Poverty; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPENDITURE; HEALTH POLICY; INCOME; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL POLICY;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF LIVING; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; PENSION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUDGETS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENGLAND; FOOD; HEALTH; HOUSING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PENSIONS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POVERTY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RETIREMENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36949012105     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym129     Document Type: Article

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