Health-related quality of life of Gaza palestinians in the aftermath of the winter 2008-09 Israeli attack on the Strip

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 732-737

  Abu Rmeileh, Niveen M E ^a   Hammoudeh, Weeam ^a   Mataria, Awad ^b   Husseini, Abdullatif ^a   Khawaja, Marwan ^c   Shannon, Harry S ^d   Hogan, Dennis ^e   Watt, Graham C M ^f   Zurayk, Huda ^c   Giacaman, Rita ^a  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARABS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867030255     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr131     Document Type: Article

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