Socioeconomic inequality in health-related behaviors: A lifestyle approach

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2859-2879

  Glorioso, Valeria ^a   Pisati, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health lifestyles; Health related behaviors; Italy; Level of education; Self organizing map; Socioeconomic inequalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905281320     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-013-9929-y     Document Type: Article

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