Urban Sprawl and You: How Sprawl Adversely Affects Worker Health

Workplace Health and Safety

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 242-246

  Pohanka, Mary ^a   Fitzgerald, Sheila ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBANIZATION;

CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN RENEWAL; URBANIZATION;

EID: 3442894159     PISSN: 21650799     EISSN: 21650969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/216507990405200605     Document Type: Article

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