The relationship between economic status and child health: Evidence from the United States

American Economic Review

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1605-1618

  Condliffe, Simon ^a   Link, Charles R ^b  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53349156984     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.4.1605     Document Type: Article

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