Country material distribution and adolescents' perceived health: Multilevel study of adolescents in 27 countries

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 156-161

  Torsheim, Torbjorn ^a   Currie, Candace ^b   Boyce, Will ^c   Samdal, Oddrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS;

EID: 31144443261     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.037655     Document Type: Article

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