Dwellings, crowding, and tuberculosis in Montreal

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 501-511

  Wanyeki, Ian ^a   Olson, Sherry ^a   Brassard, Paul ^a   Menzies, Dick ^a   Ross, Nancy ^a   Behr, Marcel ^a   Schwartzman, Kevin ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Crowding; Geographic information systems; Housing; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; DATABASE; HOUSING CONDITIONS; LOGISTICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; TUBERCULOSIS;

CROWDING; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; QUEBEC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

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

EID: 33747133672     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.12.015     Document Type: Article

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