Personal and family health in rural areas of Kentucky with and without mountaintop coal mining

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Hendryx, Michael ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachia; Environmental determinants of health; Health disparities; Rural; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPALACHIA; ARTICLE; COAL MINING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

APPALACHIA; ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITIES; RURAL; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; COAL MINING; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84882888178     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12016     Document Type: Article

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