Self-reported chronic diseases and associated sociodemographic status and lifestyle risk factors among rural Vietnamese adults

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 629-634

  Van Minh, Hoang ^a   Bao Giang, Kim ^a   Lan Huong, Dao ^b  

^a HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; lifestyle; rural; socioeconomic; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; NEOPLASM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIET NAM;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIETNAM;

EID: 49849094778     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494807086977     Document Type: Article

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