Educational Attainment in the Context of Social Inequality: New Directions for Research on Education and Health

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1082-1104

  Walsemann, Katrina M ^a   Gee, Gilbert C ^b   Ro, Annie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

education; health; inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880155533     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764213487346     Document Type: Article

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