Comparison of the effects of low childhood socioeconomic position and low adulthood socioeconomic position on self rated health in four European studies

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 882-886

  Hyde, Martin ^a   Jakub, Hrkal ^b   Melchior, Maria ^c   Van Oort, Floor ^d   Weyers, Simone ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH IMPACT; POLICY MAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS;

BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; NETHERLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749257893     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.043083     Document Type: Article

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