Self-reported heart symptoms are strongly linked to past and present poverty in Russia: Evidence from the 1998 Taganrog interview survey

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 418-423

  Vågerö, Denny ^a,b   Kislitsyna, Olga ^b,c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c The Institute of Social and Economic Studies of Population   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Heart disease; Poverty; Russia; Self reported symptoms; Transition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLOTHING; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RUSSIA; SLEEP; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 25144465440     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki009     Document Type: Article

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