Economic disadvantage modifies the association of height with low mood in the US, 2004: The disappointment paradox

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-107

  Osika, Walter ^a,b   Montgomery, Scott M ^a,c,d  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angina; Coronary heart disease (CHD); Depression; Disappointment; Growth; Health; Height; Income; Morbidity; Physical stature; Psychosocial; US

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FINANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MOOD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SHORT STATURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY HEIGHT; CORONARY DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39049160216     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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