Does socioeconomic status fully mediate the effect of ethnicity on the health of Roma people in Hungary?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 455-460

  Voko Z ^a   Csepe P ^b   Nemeth R ^c   Kosa K ^a   Kosa Z ^a   Szeles G ^a   Adany R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c Orszagos Szakfelugyeleti Modszertani Kozpont Hungary   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MODELING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GYPSIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

EID: 67049095609     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.079715     Document Type: Article

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