Health and illness beliefs of Greek Cypriots living in London

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1097-1104

  Papadopoulos, Irena ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Ethnicity; Ethnography; Greek Cypriots; Health beliefs; Illness beliefs; Migration; OPCS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; CYPRUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CYPRUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE;

EID: 0033129343     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.00994.x     Document Type: Article

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