Self-rated health in Pakistan: Results of a national health survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Ahmad, Khabir ^a   Jafar, Tazeen H ^a,b   Chaturvedi, Nish ^c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAKISTAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOUTH ASIA; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 23044434084     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-5-51     Document Type: Review

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