Health in working-aged Americans: Adults with high school equivalency diploma are similar to dropouts, not high school graduates

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages

  Zajacova, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; STUDENT DROPOUTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861725486     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300524     Document Type: Article

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