Life course approaches to socioeconomic differentials in health

A Life Course Approach to Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Smith, George Davey ^a   Lynch, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Risk factor; Social distribution; Socioeconomic differences; Socioeconomic health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922978704     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198578154.003.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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