Differences in quality of life in rural and urban populations

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Oguzturk, Omer ^a,b  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SCORING SYSTEM; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; TURKEY; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 57049106375     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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