Urbanization, urbanicity, and health

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Vlahov, David ^a   Galea, Sandro ^a  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL HETEROGENEITY; CITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOLOGY; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; ARTICLE; POPULATION HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH; WELLBEING;

EID: 0036955309     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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