Lone mothers in Sweden: Trends in health and socioeconomic circumstances, 1979-1995

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 750-756

  Burström, Bo ^a   Diderichsen, Finn ^a   Shouls, Susanna ^b   Whitehead, Margaret ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KING S FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; POVERTY; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0032726110     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.53.12.750     Document Type: Article

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