Increase in social inequality in health expectancy in Denmark

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-51

  Brønnum Hansen, Henrik ^a   Baadsgaard, Mikkel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Economic Council of the Labour Movement   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Education; health expectancy; life expectancy; social inequality; trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 42449130471     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494807085193     Document Type: Article

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