The socio-economic determinants of the health status of Roma in comparison with non-Roma in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 549-554

  Masseria, Cristina ^a   Mladovsky, Philipa ^a   Hernández Quevedo, Cristina ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chronic illness; health inequalities; minority ethnic group; Roma; threatened by illness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BULGARIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; ROMANIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BULGARIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ROMANIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957335814     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq102     Document Type: Article

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