Socioeconomic inequalities show remarkably poor association with health and disease in Southern Croatia

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 417-426

  Stipčić, Ana ^a   Ćorić, Tanja ^b   Erceg, Marijan ^b   Mihanović, Frane ^a   Kolčić, Ivana ^c   Polašek, Ozren ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Health; Risk factor; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROATIA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROATIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939963932     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-015-0667-x     Document Type: Article

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