Do poorer people have poorer access to local resources and facilities? The distribution of local resources by area deprivation in Glasgow, Scotland

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 900-914

  Macintyre, Sally ^a   Macdonald, Laura ^a   Ellaway, Anne ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area deprivation; Deprivation amplification; Environmental justice; Health inequalities; Location of resources; Scotland; UK

Indexed keywords

ACCESS RESTRICTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE; MODERNITY; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GLASGOW [SCOTLAND]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 48349140384     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.05.029     Document Type: Article

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