Socio-economic position and the use of preventive health care in older British women: A cross-sectional study using data from the British Women's Heart and Health Study cohort

Family Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-10

  Patel, Rita ^a   Lawlor, Debbie A ^a   Ebrahim, Shah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Preventive health services; Socio economic position; Women

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; EYE CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANUAL LABOR; PODIATRY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT DISEASES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VISION TESTS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33947414809     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cml064     Document Type: Article

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