Educational inequalities in self-rated health within the Arab minority in Israel: Explanatory factors

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 477-483

  Daoud, Nihaya ^a   Soskolne, Varda ^b   Manor, Orly ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arab minority; Explanatory pathways; Israel; Self rated health; Socioeconomic inequalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; ARABS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70349480791     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp080     Document Type: Article

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