Cumulative exposure to poor housing affordability and its association with mental health in men and women

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 761-766

  Bentley, Rebecca ^a   Baker, Emma ^b   Mason, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HEALTH IMPACT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSING ASSOCIATION; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; URBAN HOUSING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84865978361     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2011-200291     Document Type: Article

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