Perceived discrimination and health-related quality of life among Arabs and Jews in Israel: A population-based survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Epel, Orna Baron ^a   Kaplan, Giora ^b   Moran, Mika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; USSR;

ADULT; AGED; ARABS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; USSR;

EID: 77954142999     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-282     Document Type: Article

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