Health-related quality of life among central appalachian residents in mountaintop mining counties

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 848-853

  Zullig, Keith J ^a   Hendryx, Michael ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COAL MINING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; APPALACHIAN REGION; COAL MINING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79954608640     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300073     Document Type: Article

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