The importance of social relationships for the association between social inequality and health among the aged;Die Bedeutung sozialer Beziehungen für den Zusammenhang zwischen sozialer Ungleichheit und Gesundheit im Alter

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 311-318

  von dem Knesebeck, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differential exposure hypothesis; Differential vulnerability hypothesis; Elderly; Health; Social inequality; Social relationships

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 28044459184     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-005-4045-y     Document Type: Article

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