The relationships between housing quality and occupant health in Uganda

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 115-122

  Herrin, William E ^a   Amaral, Michelle M ^a   Balihuta, Arsene M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b Bank of Uganda   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Housing quality; Incident rate ratio; Indoor air pollution; Negative binomial regression; Poisson distribution; Uganda

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BURN; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOM SAMPLE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UGANDA; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD; COOKING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; UGANDA;

UGANDA;

EID: 84874306005     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.12.017     Document Type: Article

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