Social inequalities and health status in western Germany

Public Health

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 341-356

  Helmert, U ^a   Shea, S ^b,c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^b Division of General Medicine Department of Medicine Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c Division of Epidemiology Columbia University School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; GOUT; HAY FEVER; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; INCOME; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHITIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY, WEST; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASES; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SPINAL DISEASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028040682     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(05)80070-8     Document Type: Article

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