Absolute and relative family affluence and psychosomatic symptoms in adolescents

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-31

  Elgar, Frank J ^a,b   De Clercq, Bart ^c   Schnohr, Christina W ^d   Bird, Phillippa ^e   Pickett, Kate E ^e   Torsheim, Torbjørn ^f   Hofmann, Felix ^g   Currie, Candace ^h  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^g LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolecence; Health Behaviour in School aged Children; Health inequalities; Psychosomatic symptoms; Relative deprivation; Social rank; Yitzhaki index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CHILD HEALTH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY; FAMILY MATERIAL ASSET; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NORWAY; POLAND; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RANK AFFLUENCE; RELATIVE DEPRIVATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UKRAINE; UNITED KINGDOM; EUROPE; HEALTH DISPARITY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL CLASS; TURKEY;

AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; CANADA; NORWAY; POLAND; SCOTLAND; TURKEY; UKRAINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; EUROPE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 84880346708     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.04.030     Document Type: Article

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