Social inequalities in self-rated health by age: Cross-sectional study of 22 457 middle-aged men and women

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  McFadden, Emily ^a   Luben, Robert ^a   Bingham, Sheila ^a,b   Wareham, Nicholas ^a   Kinmonth, Ann Louise ^a   Khaw, Kay Tee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF RATED HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 48449085386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-230     Document Type: Article

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