Living and health conditions of Palestinian refugees in an unofficial camp in the Lebanon: A cross-sectional survey

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-97

  Zabaneh, J E ^a   Watt, G C M ^b   O'Donnell, C A ^b  

^a Arab Resource Collective   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LIVING STANDARD; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROWDING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; LEBANON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REFUGEE; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SANITATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST; PALESTINE;

EID: 38849174826     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.054338     Document Type: Article

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