The sociodemographic patterning of health in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-20

  Helasoja, Ville ^a   Lahelma, Eero ^b   Prättälä, Ritva ^a   Kasmel, Anu ^c   Klumbiene, Jurate ^d   Pudule, Iveta ^e  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Estonian Centre for Health Promotion   (Estonia)

^d KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^e Health Promotion Centre   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Baltic countries; Sociodemographic patterning of health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECZEMA; EDUCATION; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOT EDEMA; GENDER; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; TOOTH PAIN; URBANIZATION; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 32244438342     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki011     Document Type: Article

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