Socioeconomic inequalities in mental health and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children and adolescents from 11 European countries

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 95-105

  Rajmil, Luis ^a,b,c   Herdman, Michael ^d   Ravens Sieberer, Ulrike ^e   Erhart, Michael ^f   Alonso, Jordi ^b,c  

^a Catalan Agency for Health Information   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d Insight Consulting and Research   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^f Zentralinstitut für die kassenärztliche Versorgung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Health related quality of life; Inequalities; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84897661331     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-013-0479-9     Document Type: Article

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