The mediating effect of social relationships on the association between socioeconomic status and subjective health - Results from the Heinz Nixdorf Recall cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Vonneilich, Nico ^a   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^b   Erbel, Raimund ^c   Klein, Jens ^a   Dragano, Nico ^b   Siegrist, Johannes ^d   Von Dem Knesebeck, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84862205460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-285     Document Type: Article

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