The relationship between income and health using longitudinal data from New Zealand

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Gunasekara, Fiona Imlach ^a   Carter, Kristie N ^a   Liu, Ivy ^b   Richardson, Ken ^a   Blakely, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LOGISTICS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; POVERTY DETERMINANT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

NEW ZEALAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864003566     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.125021     Document Type: Article

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