Associations between health and different types of environmental incivility: A Scotland-wide study

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 708-713

  Ellaway, A ^a   Morris, G ^b   Curtice, J ^b   Robertson, C ^b   Allardice, G ^b   Robertson, R ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental justice; Health; Incivilities; Neighbourhoods; Scotland

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; HEALTH IMPACT; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANDFILL; MALE; SELF EVALUATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PROBLEM; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCOTLAND; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70849088609     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.09.019     Document Type: Article

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