Social class differentials in health and mortality: Patterns and explanations in comparative perspective

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2009, Pages 553-572

  Elo, Irma T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early life conditions; Education; Health; Health behaviors; Income; Mortality; Occupation; Psychosocial characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149087489     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-070308-115929     Document Type: Article

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