Neighborhood environment and self-reported health status: A multilevel analysis

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1181-1186

  Malmström, Marianne ^a,c   Sundquist, Jan ^a,b   Johansson, Sven Erik ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Center for Primary Health Care Research   (Sweden)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0032806061     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.8.1181     Document Type: Article

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