Perception of neighborhood disorder and health service usage in a canadian sample

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 162-172

  Martin Storey, Alexa ^a   Temcheff, Caroline E ^b   Ruttle, Paula L ^c   Serbin, Lisa A ^c   Stack, Dale M ^c   Schwartzman, Alex E ^c   Ledingham, Jane E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Census tract data; Childhood aggression; Health service usage; Perceived neighborhood disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CANADA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84863669853     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-011-9310-0     Document Type: Article

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