Physical health in a canadian old order mennonite community

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Fisher, K A ^a   Newbold, K B ^a   Eyles, J D ^a   Elliott, S J ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health in farming populations; Health in rural populations; Old order mennonites; Physical component summary (PCS); Short form health survey (SF 12); Social determinants of health; Social epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877879840     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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