Socioeconomic status and chronic diseases: The case of hypertension in China

China Economic Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-121

  Lei, Xiaoyan ^a   Yin, Nina ^b   Zhao, Yaohui ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Hypertension; Socioeconomic status; Under diagnosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855437884     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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