The social gradient in health: The effect of absolute income and subjective social status assessment on the individual's health in Europe

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 229-237

  Theodossiou, I ^a   Zangelidis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood deprivation; Income; Mental and physical health; Social status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 67651238453     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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