Health-risk perception in the inner city community of Centro Habana, Cuba

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-43

  Fernández, Niurys ^a   Tate, Robert B ^b   Bonet, Mariano ^a   Cañizares, Mayilée ^a   Mas, Pedro ^a   Yassi, Annalee ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE HIGIENE   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community participation; Environmental health; Risk perception; Urban community

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CUBA; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSING; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033951819     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2000.6.1.34     Document Type: Article

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