Socio-economic inequality in multiple health complaints among adolescents: International comparative study in 37 countries

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Holstein, Bjørn E ^a   Currie, Candace ^b,j   Boyce, Will ^c,j   Damsgaard, Mogens T ^a   Gobina, Inese ^d   Kökönyei, Gyöngyi ^e   Hetland, Jørn ^f   de Looze, Margaretha ^g,j   Richter, Matthias ^h,j   Due, Pernille ⁱ   Dörfler, Laura ^j   Ackaert, Sylvie ^j   Godin, Isabelle ^j   Todorova, Irina ^j   Simetin, Ivana Pavic ^j   Kroelner, Rikke ^j   Andersen, Anette ^j   Hurrelmann, Klaus ^j   Klocke, Andreas ^j   Pall, Gabriella ^j   Jonsson, Stefan H ^j   Hallgrimsson, Tryggvi ^j   Zambon, Alessio ^j   Santinello, Massimo ^j   Puntule, Diana ^j   Wagener, Yolande ^j   Unkovska, Lina ^j   Marcu, Oana ^j   Levin, Kate ^j   Baska, Tibor ^j   Geckova, Andrea ^j   Kolarcik, Peter ^j   van Dijk, Jitse ^j   Žežula, Ivan ^j   Balakireva, Olga ^j   Yaramenko, Alexander ^j   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^e National Institute of Child Health   (Hungary)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

Adolescents; Comparative study; Complaints; HBSC; School survey; Social inequalities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIZZINESS; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; NERVOUSNESS; NORTH AMERICA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMACH PAIN; SYMPTOM;

EID: 69249220147     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-5418-4     Document Type: Article

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