Do housing tenure and car access predict health because they are simply markers of income or self esteem? A Scottish study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 657-664

  Macintyre, Sally ^a   Ellaway, Anne ^a   Der, Geoff ^a   Ford, Graeme ^a   Hunt, Kate ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SELF ESTEEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031708740     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.52.10.657     Document Type: Article

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