Socioeconomic inequalities in general and psychological health among adolescents: A cross-sectional study in senior high schools in Greece

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Magklara, Konstantina ^a   Skapinakis, Petros ^a   Niakas, Dimitrios ^b   Bellos, Stefanos ^a   Zissi, Anastasia ^c   Stylianidis, Stylianos ^d   Mavreas, Venetsanos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^d PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GREECE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

GREECE;

EID: 77649286269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-9-3     Document Type: Article

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