Do socio-economic, behavioural and biological risk factors explain the poor health profile of the UK's sickest city?

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 591-598

  Landy, Rebecca ^a   Walsh, David ^b   Ramsay, Julie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Glasgow Centre for Population Health   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

deprivation; Glasgow; health status; risk factors; socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84870185841     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fds020     Document Type: Article

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