What people think about the environment and its relationship to their health: Perceptions of health at different scales of environment in Hamilton, Ontario

Local Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 981-998

  Eyles, John ^a   Wilson, Kathi ^b   Mu, Lisa ^c   Keller Olaman, Sue ^d   Elliott, Susan ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Public Health Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environment; Hamilton; Health; Perceptions; Scale

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; HEALTH IMPACT; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

CANADA; HAMILTON [ONTARIO]; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 77949360152     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549830903277409     Document Type: Article

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