Social inequities in environmental risks associated with housing and residential location - A review of evidence

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-42

  Braubach, Matthias ^a   Fairburn, Jon ^b  

^a WHO Regional Office for Europe   (Germany)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental inequities; Health inequities; Housing; Neighbourhood; Social determinants

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOUSING; HUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOUSING; HUMANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 76249119550     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp221     Document Type: Article

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