On the importance of internalized consumption norms for ill health

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-82

  Yngwe, Monica Åberg ^a   Lundberg, Olle ^a   Burström, Bo ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Limiting longstanding illness; relative deprivation; self rated health; social comparison

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MONEY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 32144433155     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940510032176     Document Type: Article

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