Interventions to improve children's health by improving the housing environment

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 197-222

  Chaudhuri, Nita ^a,b  

^a Environ and Pub Health Specialist   (France)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Children; Determinants of health; Health; Housing; Interventions; Strategies

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; LEAD; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEATING; HOUSING; IMMUNE STATUS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; NUTRITION; PEST MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD WELFARE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEST CONTROL; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 13144293090     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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