Educational inequalities in blood pressure and cholesterol screening in nine European countries

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1050-1055

  Rodin, Danielle ^a,b   Stirbu, Irina ^a,c   Ekholm, Ola ^d   Dzurova, Dagmar ^e   Costa, Giuseppe ^f   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^a,g  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

BLOOD; DATA SET; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; EDUCATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRESSURE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84868661288     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2011-200273     Document Type: Article

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