Health-related quality of life for rural American Indians in New Mexico

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 223-229

  Gilliland, Frank D ^a,b   Mahler, Renate ^a   Davis, Sally M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

American indians; Health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

NEW NEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031679990     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.1998.9961864     Document Type: Article

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