Incorporating Health into Studies of Political Behavior: Evidence for Turnout and Partisanship

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 104-116

  Pacheco, Julianna ^a   Fletcher, Jason ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

health; health inequalities; partisanship; political participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923911419     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: 1938274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912914563548     Document Type: Article

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