The effects of rurality on mental and physical health

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 33-66

  Stern, Steven ^c   Merwin, Elizabeth ^a   Hauenstein, Emily ^a   Hinton, Ivora ^a   Rovnyak, Virginia ^a   Wilson, Melvin ^b   Williams, Ishan ^a   Mahone, Irma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Health outcomes; Mental health; Physical health; Providers; Rural; Wald tests

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957560951     PISSN: 13873741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10742-010-0062-2     Document Type: Article

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