Complexity of the socioeconomic status and its disparity as a determinant of health

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 75-76

  Haghdoost, Ali Akbar ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCOME; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84856667463     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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