Psychosocial factors of coronary heart disease and quality of life among Roma coronary patients: A study matched by socioeconomic position

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 373-380

  Skodova, Zuzana ^a   Van Dijk, Jitse P ^b,c   Nagyova, Iveta ^b   Rosenberger, Jaroslav ^b   Ondusova, Daniela ^d   Studencan, Martin ^d   Reijneveld, Sijmen A ^c  

^a Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin and University Hospital Martin   (Slovakia)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d East Slovakian Institute for Cardiac and Vascular Diseases   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Ethnic inequalities; Psychological risk factors; Quality of life; Roma patients; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GIPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLOVAKIA; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GYPSIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLOVAKIA; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 77958032937     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-010-0153-4     Document Type: Article

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