Socioeconomic differences in self-rated health among women: A comparison of St. Petersburg to Estonia and Finland

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dubikaytis, Tatiana ^a   Härkänen, Tommi ^b   Regushevskaya, Elena ^b   Hemminki, Elina ^b   Haavio Mannila, Elina ^c   Laanpere, Made ^d   Kuznetsova, Olga ^a   Koskinen, Seppo ^b  

^a NORTH WESTERN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY NAMED AFTER I I MECHNIKOV   (Russian Federation)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Education; Health behaviour; Health disparities; Health status; Income; Russia; Women

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF RATED HEALTH; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ESTONIA; FINLAND; LENINGRAD; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAINT PETERSBURG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; POVERTY; RUSSIA; SELF REPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901720140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-13-39     Document Type: Article

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