Self-rated health among Mayan women participating in a randomised intervention trial reducing indoor air pollution in Guatemala

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Díaz, Esperanza ^a   Bruce, Nigel ^b   Pope, Dan ^b   Díaz, Anaité ^c   Smith, Kirk R ^d   Smith Sivertsen, Tone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Del Valle de Guatemala University   (Guatemala)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EYE DISCOMFORT; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEADACHE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; KITCHEN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKE;

EID: 45249089661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-8-7     Document Type: Article

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