Factors associated with hysterectomy among women in Australia

Health and Place

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 301-308

  Byles, Julie E ^a   Mishra, Gita ^a   Schofield, Margot ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hysterectomy; Variation in health care utilisation; Women's health

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034579080     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8292(00)00011-3     Document Type: Article

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