Neighbourhood deprivation and self-rated health: The role of perceptions of the neighbourhood and of housing problems

Health and Place

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 562-575

  Poortinga, Wouter ^a   Dunstan, Frank D ^a   Fone, David L ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Housing problems; Neighbourhoods; Self rated health; Social cohesion

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; HOUSING; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 41249102293     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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