The relationship between household income and childhood respiratory health in the United Kingdom

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 955-963

  Violato, Mara ^a   Petrou, Stavros ^a   Gray, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child asthma; Child health; Health inequalities; Household income; Income gradient; Transmission mechanisms; UK

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMETRICS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GRANDPARENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY CARE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 69349093922     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.06.036     Document Type: Article

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