Health, schooling and lifestyle among young adults in Finland

Health Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1201-1216

  Häkkinen, Unto ^a   Järvelin, Marjo Riitta ^b,c   Rosenqvist, Gunnar ^a,d   Laitinen, Jaana ^e  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^e FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Education; Health; Health production function; Lifestyle; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33750694267     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1123     Document Type: Article

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