Socioeconomic health disparities revisited: Coping flexibility enhances health-related quality of life for individuals low in socioeconomic status

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Atal, Saloni ^a   Cheng, Cecilia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Coping; Flexibility; Health; Quality of life; Socioeconomic status; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; INDIA; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84953877746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12955-016-0410-1     Document Type: Article

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