Neighbourhoods and mental well-being: What are the pathways?

Health and Place

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-68

  O'Campo, Patricia ^a,b,c   Salmon, Christina ^a   Burke, Jessica ^c,d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health; Neighbourhoods; Qualitative methods; Urban

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH IMPACT; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL WELL BEING; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WELLBEING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 54949140015     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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