Quality of life at the dead sea region: The lower the better? an observational study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Avriel, Avital ^a   Fuchs, Lior ^a   Plakht, Ygal ^a   Cicurel, Assi ^a   Apfelbaum, Armando ^a   Satran, Robert ^a   Friger, Michael ^b   Dartava, Dimitry ^a   Sukenik, Shaul ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIMATOTHERAPY; DEAD SEA; DESERT CLIMATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEVUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENT; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SEA; SHORT FORM 36; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; AGED; ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79957532539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-9-38     Document Type: Article

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