Rural-urban disparities in health-related quality of life within disease categories of veterans

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 204-211

  Weeks, William B ^a,b   Wallace, Amy E ^a,b   Wang, Stanley ^c,d   Lee, Austin ^c,d   Kazis, Lewis E ^c,d  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; URBAN AREA; VETERAN;

EID: 33745137788     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2006.00033.x     Document Type: Article

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