Self-perceived health space and geographic areas in Switzerland

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 211, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 420-431

  Lengen, Charis ^a,b   Blasius, Jörg ^c   Kistemann, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Schlössli Private Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Area typologies; Geography of health; Health space; Self perceived health; Socio demographic factors; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

EID: 45349091082     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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