Decomposition of source of income-related health inequality applied on SF-36 summary scores: A Danish health survey

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Gundgaard, Jens ^a   Lauridsen, Jørgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIOECONOMICS; AGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RETIREMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DENMARK; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETIREMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33749147183     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-4-53     Document Type: Article

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