Socioeconomic determinants of multimorbidity: A population-based household survey of Hong Kong Chinese

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Chung, Roger Y ^a   Mercer, Stewart ^b   Lai, Francisco T T ^a   Yip, Benjamin H K ^a   Wong, Martin C S ^a   Wong, Samuel Y S ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HONG KONG; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MORBIDITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMORBIDITY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948655798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140040     Document Type: Article

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