Following the thread of ariadne to the health of women

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 201-208

  Davidson, Kristina ^a   Trell, Erik ^a   Lionis, Cristos ^b   Koutis, Antonis ^b   Faresjö, Tomas ^a   Timpka, Toomas ^a   Fioretos, Michael ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED--WOMEN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASES; EUROPE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH--WOMEN; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; MORBIDITY--WOMEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH REPORT; SCANDINAVIA; SELF-PERCEPTION--WOMEN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TREATMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED--WOMEN; BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EUROPE; GREECE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH--WOMEN; HOSPITALS; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; MORBIDITY--WOMEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH REPORT; SCANDINAVIA; SELF-PERCEPTION--WOMEN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT;

AGE FACTORS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; RURAL HEALTH; SWEDEN; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 0030135904     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399339609516235     Document Type: Article

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