The relationship between housing conditions and health status of rooming house residents in Toronto

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 436-440

  Hwang, Stephen W ^a,b   Martin, Rochelle E ^a   Tolomiczenko, George S ^c,d   Hulchanski, J David ^d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PREVALENCE; PROFIT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0347596969     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405081     Document Type: Article

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