Association between contextual factors and self-rated health: A systematic review of multilevel studies;Associação entre fatores contextuais e auto- avaliação de saúde: Uma revisão sistemática de estudos multinível

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2533-2554

  Santos, Simone M ^a,b   Chor, Dóra ^b   Werneck, Guilherme Loureiro ^c   Coutinho, Evandro Silva Freire ^b  

^a Brazil   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Health status; Review literature; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148980495     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2007001100002     Document Type: Review

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