Housing and health: Time again for public health action

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 758-768

  Krieger, James ^a   Higgins, Donna L ^a  

^a Public Health Seattle King County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW;

EID: 0036236995     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.92.5.758     Document Type: Review

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