Socioeconomic Inequalities in Non-Communicable Diseases Prevalence in India: Disparities between Self-Reported Diagnoses and Standardized Measures

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Vellakkal, Sukumar ^a   Subramanian, S V ^b   Millett, Christopher ^a,c   Basu, Sanjay ^d,e   Stuckler, David ^e,f   Ebrahim, Shah ^a,e  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84880287119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068219     Document Type: Article

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