Health status of Gypsies and Travellers in England

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 198-204

  Parry, Glenys ^a   Van Cleemput, Patrice ^a   Peters, Jean ^a   Walters, Stephen ^a   Thomas, Kate ^b   Cooper, Cindy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; GYPSY PEOPLE; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ANXIETY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; ETHNIC GROUP; GIPSY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THORAX PAIN; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WORK CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GYPSIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; STILLBIRTH; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34147212036     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.045997     Document Type: Article

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