Inequalities, social ties and health in France

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Heritage, Z ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

France; Health inequalities; Social cohesion; Social ties; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

CLASS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LOGISTICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRANCE; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; WESTERN EUROPE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 58549091837     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.10.028     Document Type: Article

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