Person, perception, and place: What matters to health and quality of life

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-80

  Muhajarine, Nazeem ^a   Labonte, Ronald ^b   Williams, Allison ^c   Randall, James ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health; Perceptions of place; Place; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EID: 35848954105     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-007-9124-4     Document Type: Article

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