Pathways and mechanisms in adolescence contribute to adult health inequalities

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-78

  Due, Pernille ^a,b   Krølner, Rikke ^a,b   Rasmussen, Mette ^a   Andersen, Anette ^a,b   Trab Damsgaard, Mogens ^a   Graham, Hilary ^c   Holstein, Bjørn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescence; health; health behaviour; Social inequality; social relations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79952563983     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494810395989     Document Type: Review

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