Social Inequality and Health Across the Life Course

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1040-1056

  Pavalko, Eliza K ^a   Caputo, Jennifer ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

health; inequality; life course

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880170082     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764213487344     Document Type: Article

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