High agreement on family affluence between children's and parents' reports: International study of 11-year-old children

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1092-1094

  Andersen, A ^a,f   Krolner R ^a   Currie, C ^b   Dallago, L ^c   Due, P ^a   Richter, M ^d   Orkenyi A ^e   Holstein, B E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e National Institute of Child Health   (Hungary)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CONSENSUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; GERMANY; HUMANS; HUNGARY; ITALY; PARENTS; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 57349083094     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.065169     Document Type: Article

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