Socioeconomic position and self-rated health: The contribution of childhood socioeconomic circumstances, adult socioeconomic status, and material resources

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1403-1409

  Laaksonen, Mikko ^a   Rahkonen, Ossi ^a   Martikainen, Pekka ^a   Lahelma, Eero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 23044509538     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.047969     Document Type: Article

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