Exploring diversity in socioeconomic inequalities in health among rural dwelling canadians

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 186-198

  Janzen, Bonnie ^a,c   Karunanayake, Chandima ^b,c   Pahwa, Punam ^a,b,c   Dyck, Roland ^a   Rennie, Donna ^b,c   Lawson, Josh ^a,b   Pickett, William ^d   Bryce, Rhonda ^b   Hagel, Louise ^b,c   Zhao, Guangming ^a   Dosman, James ^a,b,c   Gordon, John ^c   Chen, Yue ^e   Kirychuk, Shelley ^c   Koehncke, Niels ^c   Pitbaldo, ^f   Senthilselvan, Ambikaipakan ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health disparities; Rural; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SASKATCHEWAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SASKATCHEWAN; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925937975     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12101     Document Type: Article

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