Social class inequalities in self-rated health and their gender and age group differences in Japan

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 223-232

  Honjo, Kaori ^a   Kawakami, Norito ^b   Takeshima, Tadashi ^c   Tachimori, Hisateru ^c   Ono, Yutaka ^d   Uda, Hidenori ^e   Hata, Yukihiro ^f   Nakane, Yoshibumi ^g   Nakane, Hideyuki ^h   Iwata, Noboru ⁱ   Furukawa, Toshiaki A ^j   Watanabe, Makoto ^k   Nakamura, Yosikazu ^k   Kikkawa, Takehiko ^l  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Sensatsu Public Health Center   (Japan)

^f Oshima Hospital   (Japan)

^g NAGASAKI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

ⁱ HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^k JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l CHUBU GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Health status; Japan; Sex; Social class

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33750927576     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.16.223     Document Type: Article

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