Social inequalities in self reported health in early old age: follow-up of prospective cohort study.

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Published in BMJ on April 27, 2007

Authors

Tarani Chandola1, Jane Ferrie, Amanda Sacker, Michael Marmot

Author Affiliations

1: International Institute for Society and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London SE11 4LD. t.chandola@ucl.ac.uk

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