Explaining urban-rural variations in health: A review of interactions between individual and environment

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 923-935

  Verheij, Robert A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mental health; Perceived health; Urbanization; Well being

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; WELLBEING;

HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; URBAN-RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANICITY;

EID: 0029669699     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00190-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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