Types of cultural capital and self-rated health among disadvantaged women in outer Beirut, Lebanon

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 475-480

  Khawaja, Marwan ^a   Mowafi, Mona ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Cultural capital; Lebanon; self rated health; social capital; urban health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ART; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DRAWING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEBANON; LEISURE; LITERATURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEVISION; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEBANON; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34748835288     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940701256958     Document Type: Article

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