The ethical and policy implications of research on income inequality and child well-being

Pediatrics

Volumn 135, Issue , 2015, Pages S39-S47

  Pickett, Kate E ^a   Wilkinson, Richard G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child development; Child health; Inequality; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; ITALY; JAPAN; NORWAY; PORTUGAL; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING; BIOETHICS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIOETHICS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84923917381     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-3549E     Document Type: Article

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