Trends in health complaints from 2002 to 2010 in 34 countries and their association with health behaviours and social context factors at individual and macro-level

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue , 2015, Pages 83-89

  Ottová Jordan, Veronika ^a   Smith, Otto R F ^b,c   Augustine, Lilly ^d,e   Gobina, Inese ^f   Rathmann, Katharina ^g   Torsheim, Torbjørn ^b   Mazur, Joanna ^h   Välimaa, Raili ⁱ   Cavallo, Franco ^j   Klanscek, Helena Jericek ^k   Vollebergh, Wilma ^l   Meilstrup, Charlotte ^m   Richter, Matthias ^g   Moor, Irene ^g   Ravens Sieberer, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^e KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^g MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^h INSTITUTE OF MOTHER AND CHILD   (Poland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^l UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

EID: 84926647437     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv033     Document Type: Review

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