Housing and health - Current issues and implications for research and programs

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-25

  Matte, Thomas D ^a   Jacobs, David E ^b  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Special Needs Assistance Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental Exposures; Housing; Public Health; Social Factors

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; LEAD;

ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034004293     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02350959     Document Type: Review

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