Health status and risk factors of seminomadic pastoralists in Mongolia: A geographical approach

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1623-1647

  Foggin, Peter M ^a   Farkas, Otto ^a   Shiirev Adiya, S ^b   Chinbat, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Institute of Geography   (Mongolia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Cultural; Environment; Health status; Healthcare; Lifestyle; Medical geography; Mongolia; Nomads; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONGOLIA; NEWBORN; POLITICS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONGOLIA; MORBIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; NOMADIC PEOPLE; PASTORALISTS; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; RISK FACTOR;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 0030619351     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00273-0     Document Type: Article

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