Health perceptions in Latin America

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 555-569

  Lora, Eduardo ^a  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

health satisfaction; health states; Latin America

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ADULT; AGED; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84867504043     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czr078     Document Type: Review

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