In-work tax credits for families and their impact on health status in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Pega, Frank ^a,b   Carter, Kristie ^a   Blakely, Tony ^a   Lucas, Patricia J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IN WORK TAX CREDIT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAX; TOBACCO USE; ADULT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; MENTAL STRESS; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME TAX; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; OBESITY; POVERTY; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNEMPLOYMENT; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 84893369536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009963.pub2     Document Type: Review

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