Location, location, location: The role of experience of disadvantage in lay perceptions of area inequalities in health

Health and Place

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-181

  Davidson, Rosemary ^a   Mitchell, Richard ^b   Hunt, Kate ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Behaviour and Change   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area and health; Inequalities; Social stigma

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STIGMA; WELLBEING;

EID: 36749089528     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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