Social differences in the burden of long-standing illness in Denmark

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 221-231

  Brønnum Hansen, Henrik ^a   Davidsen, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Education; Health expectancy; Life expectancy; Long standing illness; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33748882528     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-006-5081-y     Document Type: Article

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