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Editorial
. 2007 May 12;334(7601):963-4.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39203.661829.BE.

Socioeconomic inequalities in health

Debbie A Lawlor, Jonathan A C Sterne
Editorial

Socioeconomic inequalities in health

Debbie A Lawlor et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Are important but the effects of age and sex may be overlooked

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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Fig 1 Trajectories of age related short form 36 (SF-36) physical health in Whitehall II cohort, predicted from model I of Chandola and colleagues
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Fig 2 Trajectories of age related mental health component in Whitehall II cohort, predicted from model I of Chandola and colleagues
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