Self-assessed health and socioeconomic inequalities in Serbia: Data from 2013 National Health Survey

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue MAY, 2016, Pages

  Radevic, Svetlana ^a   Kocic, Sanja ^a,b   Jakovljevic, Mihajlo ^a  

^a University of Kragujevac Medical Faculty   (Serbia)

^b Institute of Public Health Kragujevac   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Health surveys; Inequalities in health; Self assessed health; Serbia; Socio economic determinants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF EVALUATION; SERBIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; WELLBEING;

EID: 84974559948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2016.00140     Document Type: Article

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