Single indicator or index? Comparison of measures of social differentiation;Einzelindikator oder index? Maße sozialer differenzierung im vergleich

Gesundheitswesen

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 281-288

  Geyer, S ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Education; Health inequalities; Income; Index; Occupational position

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; GERMANY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 47549104798     PISSN: 09413790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1078722     Document Type: Article

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