Cultural and Educational Disparities in the Use of Primary and Preventive Health Care Services Among Midlife Women in Israel

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 257-266

  Benyamini, Yael ^a   Blumstein, Tzvia ^b   Boyko, Valentina ^b   Lerner Geva, Liat ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARAB; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GYNECOLOGIC CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; USSR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 45849120255     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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