Examining variations in health within rural Canada

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lavergne, M R ^a   Kephart, G ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Disparities; Geography; Health determinants; Health status; Health utilities index; Variations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROUPS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862321389     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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