"health divide" between indigenous and non-indigenous populations in Kerala, India: Population based study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Haddad, Slim ^a   Mohindra, Katia Sarla ^a,b   Siekmans, Kendra ^a   Mk, Geneviève ^a   Narayana, Delampady ^c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROUPS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861472634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-390     Document Type: Article

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