Housing and health in Germany

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 216-222

  Pollack, C E ^b   Von Dem Knesebeck, O ^a   Siegrist, J ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING CONDITIONS; RENTAL SECTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH; HOME; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MALE; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION; POPULATION; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 1342343946     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.012781     Document Type: Article

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