The unfortunate generation: Stroke survivors in Riga, Latvia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2097-2108

  McKevitt, Christopher ^a   Luse, Agita ^b   Wolfe, Charles ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Former Soviet Union; Illness experience; Latvia; Stroke

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; POVERTY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USSR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LATVIA; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS;

LATVIA;

EID: 0242500375     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00204-6     Document Type: Article

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