Subjective social status, self-rated health and tobacco smoking: Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1388-1399

  Camelo, Lidyane Do V ^a   Giatti, Luana ^a,b   Barreto, Sandhi M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ELSA Brasil; health inequities; self rated health; subjective social status; tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84905569941     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105313490772     Document Type: Article

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