The quality of life of Palestinians living in chronic conflict: Assessment and determinants

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-101

  Mataria, Awad ^a   Giacaman, Rita ^a   Stefanini, Angelo ^b   Naidoo, Nirmala ^c   Kowal, Paul ^c   Chatterji, Somnath ^c  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conflict; Determinants; Occupied Palestinian Territory; Quality of life; WHOQoL Bref

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARABS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149095418     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-008-0106-5     Document Type: Article

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