Sri Lankan tsunami refugees: A cross sectional study of the relationships between housing conditions and self-reported health

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Turner, Alex ^a   Pathirana, Sameera ^b   Daley, Amanda ^a   Gill, Paramjit S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Impakt Aid Trust   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SRI LANKA; STOMACH PAIN; TSUNAMI;

EID: 69249105615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-9-16     Document Type: Article

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