A pan-European housing and health survey: Description and evaluation of methods and approaches

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 363-383

  Bonnefoy, Xavier ^a   Braubach, Matthias ^b   Davidson, Maggie ^c   Röbbel, Nathalie ^d  

^a European Centre for Environment and Health ^*

^b WHO European Centre for Environment and Health   (Germany)

^c BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

European survey; Housing and health; Survey methodology

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARDS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

EUROPEAN SURVEY; HOUSING STRATEGY; POLICY ORIENTATIONS;

HOUSING;

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING POLICY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34548853690     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2007.014816     Document Type: Conference Paper

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