Social determinants, suboptimal health behavior, and morbidity in urban slum population: An Indian perspective

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 607-618

  Pawar, Ajay B ^a   Mohan, Palipudi Venkata Trinada Krishna ^b   Bansal, Rajkumar K ^a  

^a SMIMER   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Social determinants; Suboptimal behavior; Urban slums of India

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; HABIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URBAN POPULATION;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MORBIDITY; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 46749116795     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-008-9261-3     Document Type: Article

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