Socioeconomic influences on child health: Building new ladders of social opportunity

JAMA

Volumn 311, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 915-917

  Halfon, Neal ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; NOTE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY; PUBLIC HOUSING; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84895432069     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.608     Document Type: Note

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