The associations of social class and social stratification with patterns of general and mental health in a Spanish population

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 950-958

  Muntaner Bonet, Carles ^a   Borrell, Carme ^b   Benach, Joan ^c   Pasarín, M Isabel ^b   Fernandez, Esteve ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Barcelona Munic Pub Hlth Inst   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mental health; Self rated health; Social class; Social stratification; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MANAGER; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 0346093850     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg170     Document Type: Article

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