Material, psychosocial, behavioural and biomedical factors in the explanation of relative socio-economic inequalities in mortality: Evidence from the HUNT study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1272-1284

  Skalická, Věra ^a,b   van Lenthe, Frank ^b   Bambra, Clare ^c   Krokstad, Steinar ^a,d   Mackenbach, Johan ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Nord Trøndelag University College   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behavioural factors; Biomedical factors; Material factors; Psychosocial factors; Socio economic inequalities

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BASELINE SURVEY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MORTALITY RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 70349847864     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp262     Document Type: Article

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