Subjective health complaints are more prevalent in Maasais than in Norwegians

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 304-309

  Wilhelmsen, Ingvard ^a,b   Mulindi, Sobbie ^c   Sankok, David ^c   Wilhelmsen, Ane B ^a   Eriksen, Hege R ^a   Ursin, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Haraldsplass Hospital   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Maasai; Psychosomatics; Subjective health complaints

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOMATICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 34548389876     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480701415319     Document Type: Article

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