Health inequalities in the Netherlands: A cross-sectional study of the role of Type D (distressed) personality

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Van Bon Martens, Marja Jh ^a,b   Denollet, Johan ^c   Kiemeney, Lambertus Alm ^d   Droomers, Maril ^e   De Beer, Monique Ja ^f   Van De Goor, Ien Am ^a   Van Oers, Hans Am ^a,e  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Health Promotion   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^f Department of Local Health Policy   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855870168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-46     Document Type: Article

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