Income, income, or income? The effects of different income measures on health in a national survey

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 491-496

  Geyer, Siegfried ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH IMPACT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NATIONAL ECONOMY; OECD; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79956203690     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.103390     Document Type: Article

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