Changes in social inequality with respect to health-related living conditions of 6-year-old children in East Germany after re-unification

BMC Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Prel, Xianming Du ^a   Krämer, Ursula ^a   Ranft, Ulrich ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE; HEATING; HOME; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; INCOME; POLITICS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; GERMANY, EAST; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; POLITICS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 23244451209     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-5-64     Document Type: Article

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