Housing assets and the socio-economic determinants of health and disability in old age

Health and Place

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 478-491

  Costa Font, Joan ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Health production; Housing; Income; Old age; Socio economic position; Wealth

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; INCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 41149086808     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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