Author's Response: Self-rated health may be adequate for broad assessments of social inequalities in health

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 319-320

  Subramanian, S V ^a   Ertel, Karen ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACE VALIDITY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; HUMAN; NOTE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 60149101383     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn241     Document Type: Letter

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