Housing and health: The relationship between research and policy

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 173-185

  Howden Chapman, Philippa ^a,b   Isaacs, Nigel ^a   Crane, Julian ^b   Chapman, Ralph ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Ministry for the Environment New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

health; housing; social policy; socio economic status

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOUSING; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACARI; ASTIGMATA; FUNGI; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

HEALTH IMPACT; HOUSING CONDITIONS; RESEARCH REVIEW; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 0029659804     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603129609356888     Document Type: Review

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