Self-Rated Health in the Baltic Countries, 1994-1999;Santé subjective dans les Pays Baltes, 1994-1999

European Journal of Population

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 435-457

  Gaumé, Catherine ^a   Wunsch, Guillaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Baltic countries; Self rated health; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

BALTIC STATES;

EID: 78649319948     PISSN: 01686577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10680-010-9217-7     Document Type: Article

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