Self rating of health is associated with stressful life events, social support and residency in East and West Berlin shortly after the fall of the wall

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 575-580

  Hillen, Thomas ^a   Schaub, Rainer ^b   Hiestermann, Angelika ^c   Kirschner, Wolf ^d   Robra, Bernt Peter ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c Berlin Senatorial Administration for Health and Social Services   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; POLITICAL CHANGE; SOCIAL POLICY; STRESS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIETY; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOCRACY; FEMALE; GERMANY, EAST; GERMANY, WEST; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIALISM;

GERMANY;

EID: 0033912418     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.54.8.575     Document Type: Article

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