Gypsies/Travellers and health: Risk categorisation versus being 'at risk'

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 176-193

  Ruston, Annmarie ^a   Smith, David ^b  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gypsy; risk; risk categorisation; risk management; Travellers; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GIPSY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; RECORDING; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAMPLING; TRAVEL; WELLBEING;

EID: 84876337152     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2013.764974     Document Type: Article

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