The increasing value of education to health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1728-1737

  Goldman, Dana ^a   Smith, James P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Health; Non Hispanic Whites; USA

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPERTENSION; LATINO PEOPLE;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG DISEASE; MINORITY GROUP; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955978636     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.02.047     Document Type: Article

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