Housing environment and women's health in a Palestinian refugee camp

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 181-191

  Al Khatib, Issam A ^a   Arafat, Rania N ^b   Musmar, Mohamed ^b  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Housing environment; Palestine; Refugee camps; Women's health

Indexed keywords

HOUSING CONDITIONS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; PALESTINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARABS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DENSITY; REFUGEES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; NABLUS; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; WEST BANK; WORLD;

EID: 20844440473     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120500105950     Document Type: Article

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