Micro-scale socioeconomic inequalities and health indicators in a small isolated community of Vis Island, Croatia

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 734-740

  Smoljanović, Ankica ^a   Vorko Jović, Ariana ^b   Kolčić, Ivana ^b   Bernat, Robert ^c   Stojanović, Dražen ^d   Polašek, Ozren ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MALE; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 35648968084     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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