Associations between life conditions and multi-morbidity in marginalized populations: The case of Palestinian refugees

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 727-733

  Habib, Rima R ^a   Hojeij, Safa ^a   Elzein, Kareem ^a   Chaaban, Jad ^a   Seyfert, Karin ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARAB; CATERING SERVICE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; LEBANON; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARABS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYRIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930808663     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku089     Document Type: Article

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