Factors of change and cumulative factors in self-rated health trajectories: A systematic review

Advances in Life Course Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 14-27

  Cullati, Stéphane ^a   Rousseaux, Emmanuel ^a   Gabadinho, Alexis ^a   Courvoisier, Delphine S ^a,b   Burton Jeangros, Claudine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Health trajectories; Self rated health; The Cumulative Advantage Disadvantage model

Indexed keywords

AGE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84888612454     PISSN: 15694909     EISSN: 18796974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2013.11.002     Document Type: Review

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