Determinants of self-rated health in a representative sample of a rural population: A cross-sectional study in Greece

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 943-954

  Darviri, Christina ^a   Fouka, Georgia ^b   Gnardellis, Charalambos ^c   Artemiadis, Artemios K ^a   Tigani, Xanthi ^a   Alexopoulos, Evangelos C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cross sectional; Determinants; Lifestyle; Religiosity; Self rated health; Sleep

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; LIFESTYLE; NEUROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; SLEEP;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; SELF RATED HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP QUALITY; SMOKING;

GREECE;

EID: 84859020225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9030943     Document Type: Article

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