Morbidity and associated factors in rural and urban populations of South Lebanon: A cross-sectional community-based study of self-reported health in 2000

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 907-919

  Sabbah, Ibtissam ^a   Vuitton, Dominique Angèle ^a   Droubi, Nabil ^b   Sabbah, Sanaa ^a   Mercier, Mariette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Cross sectional survey; Deprivation; Lebanon; Public health; Self reported morbidity; Sociodemographic factors; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; LIFESTYLE; MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORBIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34547828074     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01886.x     Document Type: Article

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