A higher prevalence of health problems in low income groups: does it reflect relative deprivation?
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A higher prevalence of health problems in low income groups: does it reflect relative deprivation?
STUDY OBJECTIVE Although it has frequently been suggested that income affects health, there is hardly any research in which this issue has been explored directly. The aim of this study was, firstly, to examine whether income is independently associated with health, secondly, to assess the extent to which this association reflects high levels of deprivation in low income groups, and thirdly, to ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0143-005X
DOI: 10.1136/jech.52.9.548