Measuring socioeconomic position in New Zealand

Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 271-280

  Salmond, Clare ^a   Crampton, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Inequalities; Living standards; New Zealand; Socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870891198     PISSN: 11726164     EISSN: 11726156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/hc12280     Document Type: Article

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