Neighborhood effects on health among migrants and natives in Shanghai, China

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 452-460

  Wen, Ming ^a   Fan, Jessie ^b   Jin, Lei ^c   Wang, Guixin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Mental health; Migrants; Neighborhood; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PSYCHOLOGY; SAFETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LONELINESS; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SAFETY; SATISFACTION; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 77649189028     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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