Data Resource Profile: The European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC)

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 451-461

  Arora, Vishal S ^a,b,c   Karanikolos, Marina ^a   Clair, Amy ^d   Reeves, Aaron ^d   Stuckler, David ^d   McKee, Martin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b US UK Fulbright Commission   (United Kingdom)

^c Belgium Fulbright Commission   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; DATABASE; EUROPEAN UNION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LIVING STANDARD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH INSTITUTION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; BULGARIA; CROATIA; CYPRUS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DATA RESOURCE PROFILE; DENMARK; ESTONIA; EUROPEAN UNION; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ICELAND; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; ITALY; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; LUXEMBOURG; MALTA; MEDICAL CARE; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; POLAND; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; ROMANIA; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPAIN; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; DENMARK; GREECE; IRELAND; LUXEMBOURG [BELGIUM];

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL WELFARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936761081     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv069     Document Type: Article

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