Minority status and perceived health: A comparative study of Finnish- and Swedish-speaking schoolchildren in Finland

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 179-187

  Suominen, Sakari B ^a   Välimaa, Raili S ^b   Tynjälä, Jorma A ^b   Kannas, Lasse K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

adolescents; ethnic minority; linguistic group; perceived health; schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84993683721     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14034948000280030601     Document Type: Article

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