Studying vulnerable populations: Lessons from the roma minority

Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 290-299

  Kósa, Karolina ^a   Ádány, Róza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPE; GYPSIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 34247191327     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000258919.15281.4f     Document Type: Article

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