Income-related health inequalities in Korea

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-41

  Ahn, Byung Chul ^a   Engelhardt, Katrin ^b   Joung, Hyojee ^c  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Concentration index; Health inequality; Korea; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 75649093022     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539509351184     Document Type: Article

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