Problems with damp and cold housing among Pacific families in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1177, 2003, Pages

  Butler, Sarnia ^a   Williams, Maynard ^a   Tukuitonga, Colin ^a,b   Paterson, Janis ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL CARE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; COLD; FUNGUS; HEALTH STATUS; HEATING; HUMIDITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; COLD; FEMALE; FUNGI; HEALTH STATUS; HEATING; HOUSING; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEW ZEALAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0042347913     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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