The recent economic recession and self-rated health in Estonia, Lithuania and Finland: A comparative cross-sectional study in 2004-2010

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1072-1079

  Reile, Rainer ^a   Helakorpi, Satu ^b   Klumbiene, Jurate ^c   Tekkel, Mare ^d   Leinsalu, Mall ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^e SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH STATUS; NATIONAL ECONOMY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

ESTONIA; FINLAND; LITHUANIA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTONIA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ESTONIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911376934     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-204196     Document Type: Article

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