Housing and health inequalities: Review and prospects for research

Housing Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 341-366

  Dunn, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH IMPACT; HOUSING CONDITIONS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034035484     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673030050009221     Document Type: Review

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