Self-rated health and indicators of SES among the ageing in three types of communities

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-47

  Nummela, Olli P ^a   Sulander, Tommi T ^a   Heinonen, Heikki S ^a   Uutela, Antti K ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adequacy of income; ageing; community intervention; self rated health; urban rural dimension

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33847255410     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940600813206     Document Type: Article

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