Health and literacy in first- and second-generation Moroccan Berber women in the Netherlands: III literacy?

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Bekker, Marrie H J ^a   Lhajoui, Mina ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER PAIN; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 13444267620     PISSN: 14759276     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-3-8     Document Type: Article

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