Health inequality among Estonian women

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 112-124

  Kull, Merike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ESTONIA; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ESTONIA; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 32644452651     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330500457960     Document Type: Article

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