Chronic health conditions and poverty: A cross-sectional study using a multidimensional poverty measure

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Callander, Emily J ^a   Schofield, Deborah J ^a,b   Shrestha, Rupendra N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACKACHE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY; PARASITOSIS; POVERTY;

EID: 84889572856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003397     Document Type: Article

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