Housing improvement and self-reported mental distress among council estate residents

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2773-2783

  Thomas, Richard ^a   Evans, Sherrill ^b   Huxley, Peter ^b   Gately, Claire ^b   Rogers, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Council estate residents; Manchester, UK; Mental health; Urban regeneration

Indexed keywords

HOUSING CONDITIONS; MENTAL HEALTH; SELF ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BUDGET; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 16844378543     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.11.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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