Recurrent pain in children, socio-economic factors and accumulation in families

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 965-975

  Grøholt, Else Karin ^a   Stigum, Hein ^a   Nordhagen, Rannveig ^a   Köhler, Lennart ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Co occurrence; Nordic countries; Recurrent pain; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENMARK; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ICELAND; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGISTER; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; WELLBEING; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PARENTS; RECURRENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0142122384     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025889912964     Document Type: Article

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