Socioeconomic inequalities in health in older adults in Brazil and England

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1535-1541

  Lima Costa, M Fernanda ^a   De Oliveira, Cesar ^b   MacInko, James ^c   Marmot, Michael ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; BRAZIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84864372376     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300765     Document Type: Article

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