Socioeconomic status and self-reported health among middle-aged Japanese men: Results from a nationwide longitudinal study

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Wada, Koji ^a   Higuchi, Yoshiyuki ^b   R Smith, Derek ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; JAPAN; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84937218231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008178     Document Type: Article

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