"Subjective social status". Importance for research and practice concerning the reduction of health inequalities;"Subjektiver sozialer Status". Stellenwert für die Untersuchung und Verringerung von gesundheitlicher Ungleichheit

Pravention und Gesundheitsforderung

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 389-400

  Hegar, R ^a   Mielck, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; MacArthur Scale; Review systematic; Socioeconomic status; Subjective social status

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551479288     PISSN: 18616755     EISSN: 18616763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11553-010-0261-2     Document Type: Article

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