Health status of people undergoing foreclosure in the Philadelphia region

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1833-1839

  Pollack, Craig Evan ^b   Lynch, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE; PRESCRIPTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PHILADELPHIA; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70349122444     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.161380     Document Type: Article

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