Components of social capital and socio-psychological factors that worsen the perceived health of Japanese males and females

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-185

  Tsunoda, Hiroko ^a   Yoshino, Ryozo ^b   Yokoyama, Kazuhito ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 54149112538     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.216.173     Document Type: Article

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