Preventing asthma through housing interventions: How supportive is the US policy environment?

Housing Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 589-603

  Miles, Rebecca ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental health; Housing; Planning

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; HOUSING POLICY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 22144484513     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673030500114516     Document Type: Article

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