Housing and health in three contrasting neighbourhoods in Accra, Ghana

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1864-1872

  Arku, Godwin ^a   Luginaah, Isaac ^a   Mkandawire, Paul ^a   Baiden, Philip ^a   Asiedu, Alex B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ghana; Housing; Mental health; Neighbourhoods; Self reported health

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING CONDITIONS; INCOME; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN SOCIETY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL HEALTH STATUS; GHANA; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; NOISE; PRIVACY; SANITATION; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCRA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA;

EID: 79958747101     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.03.023     Document Type: Article

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