Tideswell health survey: A population survey of the health needs and service utilization of a farming community

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-228

  Syson Nibbs, Linda ^a   Saul, C ^b   Cox, P ^c  

^a High Peak and Dales Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c The New Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Farmers; Health inequalities; Rurality

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SERVICE PROVISION;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NULL HYPOTHESIS; OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTAL MAIL; PROCESS MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTER; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGRICULTURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STATE MEDICINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33344454994     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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