Health Inequalities among Older Adults in Spain: The Importance of Gender, the Socioeconomic Development of the Region of Residence, and Social Support

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Rueda, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REGION OF RESIDENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; SPAIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 84865746088     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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