Neighbourhood environment and positive mental health in older people: The Hertfordshire Cohort Study

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 867-874

  Gale, Catharine R ^a,b   Dennison, Elaine M ^a   Cooper, Cyrus ^a   Sayer, Avan Aihie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area deprivation; Emotional stability; Mental wellbeing; Neighbourhood cohesion; Neighbourhood problems

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

ENGLAND; HERTFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79958033473     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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