Decomposing socioeconomic inequality in self-rated health in Tehran

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 495-500

  Nedjat, Saharnaz ^a   Hosseinpoor, Ahmad Reza ^b   Forouzanfar, Mohammad Hossein ^c   Golestan, Banafsheh ^d   Majdzadeh, Reza ^e  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 84864011402     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.108977     Document Type: Article

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