Neighbourhoods and health: A review of the New Zealand literature

New Zealand Geographer

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-221

  Stevenson, Anna ^a   Pearce, Jamie ^b   Blakely, Tony ^c   Ivory, Vivienne ^c   Witten, Karen ^d  

^a CANTERBURY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Health; Health inequality; Neighbourhood; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLICY STRATEGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 71049145749     PISSN: 00288144     EISSN: 17457939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7939.2009.01164.x     Document Type: Article

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