Socioeconomic health inequalities among a nationally representative sample of Danish adolescents: the role of different types of social relations.
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of different types of social relations in adolescent health inequalities. DESIGN: Cross sectional study. Measures included family social class, indices of social relations to parents, friends, teachers, and school. SETTING: Random sample of 55 schools in Denm...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health Vol. 57; no. 9; pp. 692 - 699 |
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BMJ Publishing Group
Sep2003
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