Education, occupation and health status of people of age five years or more living in a high density urban area in Zimbabwe

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 260-264

  Watts, T E E ^b   Siziya, S ^a  

^a UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

^b Ngwelezana Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; STATISTICS; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION DENSITY; SMOKING; URBAN HEALTH; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031217178     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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