Health, economy and social capital in Nordic children and their families: A comparison between 1984 and 1996

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-451

  Berntsson, Leeni ^a   Kohler L ^b   Vuille, J C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c Department of Public Health ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Child public health; Follow up; Health; Health promotion; Parents; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAPITAL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ICELAND; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECONOMICS; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ICELAND; INCOME; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SCANDINAVIA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33744938487     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2006.00629.x     Document Type: Article

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