Relationship between housing and health: A cross-sectional study of an urban centre of India

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 498-507

  Firdaus, Ghuncha ^a   Ahmad, Ateeque ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Delhi; Geographical location; Health consequences; Historical background; Housing conditions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CROWDING; EYE INFECTION; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDIA; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NAUSEA; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SKIN INFECTION; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA; VOMITING;

EID: 84878474409     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X12443846     Document Type: Article

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