Use of different subjective health indicators to assess health inequalities in an urban immigrant population in north-western Italy: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Domnich, Alexander ^a   Amicizia, Daniela ^a   Panatto, Donatella ^a   Signori, Alessio ^a   Perelli, Valentina ^a   Adamoli, Sergio ^b   Riboli, Edoardo Berti ^b   Gasparini, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Largo Rosanna Benzi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Health related quality of life (HRQoL); Immigrants; Italy; Self rated health (SRH); Subjective health indicators

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886143722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1006     Document Type: Article

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