Individual income, income distribution, and self rated health in Japan: cross sectional analysis of nationally representative sample
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Individual income, income distribution, and self rated health in Japan: cross sectional analysis of nationally representative sample.
OBJECTIVE To assess the effects on self rated health of individual income and income distribution in Japan. DESIGN Cross sectional analysis. Data collected on household income, self rated health, and other sociodemographic characteristics at the individual level from comprehensive survey of the living conditions of people on health and welfare in a nationally representative sample from each p...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.16