Appalachia: Where place matters in health

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Behringer, Bruce ^a   Friedell, Gilbert H ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMICS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; POVERTY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

APPALACHIAN REGION; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); POVERTY AREAS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34047176346     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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