Neighborhoods and Health

A Companion to Health and Medical Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 399-417

  Ellaway, Anne ^a   Macintyre, Sally ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affluent one in north west of city and deprived one in south west; Local neighborhood problems perceptions; Neighborhoods and health; Prevalence of obesity in industrialized countries; Residential environment influencing health for different groups; Role of area of residence in influencing health; Socially advantaged area and consequences of health; Socio demographically contrasting localities in city of Glasgow; Socio spatial distribution of general amenities and resources influencing health; South west locality comprising pockets of high status inter war development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858078897     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444314762.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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