Trends in the magnitude of educational inequalities in health in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland during 1994-2004

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 841-853

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

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^d Health Promotion State Agency   (Latvia)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltic; Education; Finbalt; Perceived health; Time trend

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ESTONIA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BALTIC STATES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33747359980     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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