Neighbourhood influences on health in Montréal, Canada

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1485-1494

  Ross, Nancy A ^a   Tremblay, Stéphane ^b   Graham, Katie ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Neighbourhood characteristics,'Natural' neighbourhoods,Health Utilities Index

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SURVEY; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

CANADA; MONTREAL; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 3042795445     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.01.016     Document Type: Article

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