Quality of life and rural place of residence in polish women - population based study

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 429-432

  Zagozdzon, Pawel ^a   Kolarzyk, Emilia ^b   Marcinkowski, Jerzy T ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Rural residence; Women's quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MENTAL HEALTH; POLAND; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POLAND; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84859121765     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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