Measures of health inequalities: Part 1

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 858-861

  Regidor, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; HEALTH STATUS; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

CLASSIFICATION; CONTINUOUS SOCIOECONOMIC VARIABLE; DICHOTOMOUS SOCIOECONOMIC VARIABLE; FREQUENCY ANALYZER; FREQUENCY RATIO; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INEQUALITY; POLYTOMOUS SOCIOECONOMIC VARIABLE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 4644303764     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.015347     Document Type: Review

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