Examining self-rated health of young Central and Eastern Europeans in the context of other world regions

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 314-321

  Witvliet, Margot I ^a   Arah, Onyebuchi A ^a,b   Stronks, Karien ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EASTERN EUROPE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84897387122     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt040     Document Type: Article

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