Health inequalities with the National Statistics-Socioeconomic classification: Disease risk factors and health in the 1958 British birth cohort

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 486-491

  Atherton, Kate ^a   Power, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Health inequalities; NS SEC; Self employment; Social class

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE INEQUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORKER;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 35648970467     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckl269     Document Type: Article

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