Socioeconomic position and hysterectomy: A cross-cohort comparison of women in Australia and Great Britain

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1057-1063

  Cooper, R ^a,e   Lucke, J ^b   Lawlor, D A ^c   Mishra, G ^a   Chang, J H ^b   Ebrahim, S ^d   Kuh, D ^a   Dobson, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARIECTOMY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIECTOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57349109270     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.071001     Document Type: Article

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