Health disadvantage in US adults aged 50 to 74 years: A comparison of the health of rich and poor Americans with that of Europeans

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 540-548

  Avendano, Mauricio ^a,b   Glymour, M Maria ^c,d   Banks, James ^e,f   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^c School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISABLED PERSON; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISABLED PERSONS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61549085875     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.139469     Document Type: Article

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