Socioeconomic determinants of inequality and self-reported morbidity among adolescents in a developing country

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1617-1623

  Avila Burgos, Leticia ^a   Ramirez Valverde, Gustavo ^b   Martinez Damian, Miguel A ^b   Cruz Valdez, Aurelio ^a   Santiago Cruz, Maria J ^b   Medina Solis, Carlo E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b Center for Health Population Research ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAR; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MORBIDITY; MOTHER; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MORBIDITY; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 29144494134     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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