Socio-economic status and health in a marginalized group: The role of subjective social status among prison inmates

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 653-658

  Friestad, Christine ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

mental health; prisoners; social inequality; subjective social status

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PRISONER; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PRISONERS; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77954792698     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp242     Document Type: Article

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