Determinants of and inequalities in self-perceived health in Ukraine

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2177-2188

  Gilmore, Anna B C ^a   McKee, Martin ^a   Rose, Richard ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Former Soviet Union; Inequalities in health; Self rated health; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SELF ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; POLITICS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UKRAINE; USSR;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UKRAINE;

UKRAINE;

EID: 0036978356     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00361-6     Document Type: Article

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