Lay perceptions of neighbourhood health

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-253

  Chappell, Neena ^a   Funk, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health; Neighbourhood; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 3042710928     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2004.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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