Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in self-assessed health in 17 European countries between 1990 and 2010

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 644-652

  Hu, Yannan ^a   van Lenthe, Frank J ^a   Borsboom, Gerard J ^a   Looman, Caspar W N ^a   Bopp, Matthias ^b   Burström, Bo ^c   Dzúrová, Dagmar ^d   Ekholm, Ola ^e   Klumbiene, Jurate ^f   Lahelma, Eero ^g   Leinsalu, Mall ^h,i   Regidor, Enrique ^j   Santana, Paula ^k   de Gelder, Rianne ^a   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^h SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^j UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; BALTIC STATES; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; WRITING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BALTIC STATES; EASTERN EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ADULT; AGED; BALTIC STATES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84957899561     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2015-206780     Document Type: Article

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