The modifying influence of country development on the effect of individual educational attainment on self-rated health

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Van Der Kooi, Anne L F ^a,b   Stronks, Karien ^b   Thompson, Caroline A ^a   DerSarkissian, Maral ^a   Arah, Onyebuchi A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886434397     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301593     Document Type: Article

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