Health status and health behaviours in neighbourhoods: A comparison of Glasgow, Scotland and Hamilton, Canada

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 331-338

  Wilson, Kathi ^a   Eyles, John ^b   Ellaway, Anne ^c   Macintyre, Sally ^c   Macdonald, Laura ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Country context; Health behaviours; Health status; International comparison; Neighbourhood; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CANADA; GLASGOW [SCOTLAND]; HAMILTON [ONTARIO]; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 73049116326     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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