Does social support mediate or moderate socioeconomic differences in self-rated health among adolescents?

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 609-617

  Salonna, Ferdinand ^a   Geckova, Andrea Madarasova ^a   Zezula, Ivan ^a   Sleskova, Maria ^a   Groothoff, Johan W ^b   Reijneveld, Sijmen A ^a   Van Dijk, Jitse P ^b  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents Health Self rated health Social support Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SLOVAKIA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SLOVAKIA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84863782576     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-011-0300-6     Document Type: Article

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