The health effects of improvements to housing: A longitudinal study

Housing Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 271-286

  Hopton, Jane ^a   Hunt, Sonja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HEATING SYSTEM; HOUSING IMPROVEMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

UK;

EID: 0030478432     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673039608720856     Document Type: Article

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