Environmental survey of segregated habitats of Roma in Hungary: A way to be empowering and reliable in minority research

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 463-468

  Kósa, Karolina ^a   Daragó, László ^a   Ádány, Róza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

environmental health; gypsies; living conditions; population estimate; Roma; segregated settlements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; GIPSY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUNGARY; HYGIENE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MINORITY GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GYPSIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; HUNGARY; HYGIENE; MINORITY GROUPS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79960825309     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp097     Document Type: Article

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