The contribution of smoking and obesity to income-related inequalities in health in England

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1189-1198

  Vallejo Torres, Laura ^a   Morris, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area; Concentration index; England; Health inequality; Obesity; Smoking; UK

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77955574424     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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