Self-perceived health in Croatia;Sto o svome zdravlju misle stanovnici Hrvatske

Acta Medica Croatica

Volumn 56, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 145-150

  Babić Banaszak, Andreja ^a   Kovačić, Luka ^a   Mastilica, Miroslav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Health; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROATIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROATIA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0038305554     PISSN: 13300164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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