Development of a Health Promotion Inventory for Poor Rural Women

Family and Community Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 13-23

  Williams, Roma D ^a   Lethbridge, Dona J ^b   Chambers, William V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Health promotion; Poverty; Rural; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006772902     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-199707000-00004     Document Type: Article

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