Relative health effects of education, socioeconomic status and domestic gender inequity in Sweden: A cohort study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Phillips, Susan P ^a   Hammarström, Anne ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN; WELLBEING; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORK ENVIRONMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH; HOUSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HOUSING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PERCEPTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959640742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021722     Document Type: Article

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