Social gradient in life expectancy and health expectancy in Denmark

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 36-41

  Brønnum Hansen, Henrik ^a   Andersen, Otto ^b   Kjøller, Mette ^a   Rasmussen, Neils Kristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Statistics Denmark   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Education; Health expectancy; Life expectancy; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DENMARK; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 1542359957     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-003-3003-9     Document Type: Article

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