Mechanisms for the social gradient in health: Results from a 14-year follow-up of the Northern Swedish Cohort

Public Health

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 567-576

  Hammarstrom A ^a   Stenlund, H ^a   Janlert, U ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Mechanism; Multinomial logistic regression analyses; Socio economic gradient

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LABOR MARKET; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 80052478673     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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