Housing and neighborhood conditions and exposure to cockroaches in three central and eastern European cities

Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 397-411

  Milstead, Terence M ^a   Miles, Rebecca ^a   Röbbel, Nathalie ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Centra land eastern European (CEE) countries; Cockroaches; Panel block housing

Indexed keywords

COCKROACH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING CONDITIONS; NEIGHBORHOOD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BALTIC STATES; BRATISLAVA; BRATISLAVSKY; BUDAPEST; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SLOVAKIA; VILNIUS;

BLATTARIA;

EID: 33845262848     PISSN: 15664910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10901-006-9057-2     Document Type: Article

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