Health Implications of Socioeconomic Characteristics, Subjective Social Status, and Perceptions of Inequality: An Empirical Study of China
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Self-rated health; Psychological distress; Socioeconomic characteristics; Subjective social status; Perceptions of inequality; China;All these keywords.
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