Evaluating housing quality, health and safety using an Internet-based data collection and response system: A cross-sectional study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Turunen, Mari ^a   Paanala, Ari ^a   Villman, Juha ^a   Nevalainen, Aino ^a   Haverinen Shaughnessy, Ulla ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE; HEALTH AND SAFETY; HOUSING CONDITIONS; HYGIENE; INTERNET; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

FINLAND;

ADULT; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY;

EID: 78149307305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-9-69     Document Type: Article

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