Class-related health inequalities are not larger in the East: A comparison of four European regions using the new European socioeconomic classification

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1072-1078

  Eikemo, T A ^a,b,d   Kunst, A E ^b   Judge, K ^c   Mackenbach, J P ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; OCCUPATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; EASTERN EUROPE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 57349113734     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.072470     Document Type: Article

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