Socioeconomic position, resilience, and health behaviour among elderly people

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 341-349

  Perna, Laura ^a   Mielck, Andreas ^a   Lacruz, Maria E ^a   Emeny, Rebecca T ^a   Holle, Rolf ^a   Breitfelder, Ariane ^a   Ladwig, Karl H ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Resilience Aging Lifestyle Socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84863774787     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-011-0294-0     Document Type: Article

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