Thinking inside the bubble: Evidence for a new contextual unit in urban mental health

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 893-897

  Whitley, Rob ^a   Prince, Martin ^b   Cargo, Margaret ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSING; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; URBAN HOUSING;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; THINKING; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOUSING; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN HEALTH;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 25444533309     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2004.030353     Document Type: Article

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