Healthy skepticism

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1234-1237

  Rohrer, James E ^a,b   Borders, Tyrone F ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health; Disparities; Medical skepticism; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SELF CARE; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 7944224671     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.04.038     Document Type: Article

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