The shape of the relationship between income and self-assessed health: An international study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 286-293

  Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   Martikainen, Pekka ^b   Looman, Caspar W N ^a   Dalstra, Jetty A A ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^a   Lahelma, Eero ^b   Breeze, E ^c   Cambois, E ^d   Grundy, E ^c   Lunde, E ^e   van Oyen, H ^f   Rasmussen, N ^g  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^e STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^f SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Income; Inequalities; Self assessed health

Indexed keywords

INCOME; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SELF ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DETERIORATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 20844450062     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh338     Document Type: Article

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