Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 3 , Pages 221-228 , March 2006

Tideswell health survey: A population survey of the health needs and service utilization of a farming community

  • L. Syson-Nibbs

      Affiliations

    • Farm Out Health Project, Newholme Hospital, High Peak and Dales Primary Care Trust, Baslow Road, Bakewell DE45 1AD, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 01629817931.
    • ,
  • C. Saul

      Affiliations

    • School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
    • ,
  • P. Cox

      Affiliations

    • The New Surgery, Parke Road, Tideswell, Buxton, UK

Received 4 January 2005 ,Revised 8 June 2005 ,Accepted 19 September 2005.

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PII: S0033-3506(05)00234-9

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.09.005

Public Health
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