Double jeopardy: Assessing the association between internal displacement, housing quality and chronic illness in a low-income neighborhood

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-182

  Habib, Rima R ^a   Yassin, Nasser ^a   Ghanawi, Joly ^a   Haddad, Pascale ^a   Mahfoud, Ziyad ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Domestic environment; Housing quality; Internal displacement; Low income neighborhood

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; LEBANON; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; WAR;

EID: 79958017316     PISSN: 09431853     EISSN: 16132238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10389-010-0368-0     Document Type: Article

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