Urban built environment configuration and psychological distress in older men: Results from the Caerphilly study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sarkar, Chinmoy ^a   Gallacher, John ^a   Webster, Chris ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Built environment configuration; GHQ; Older adults; Psychological distress; Random effects; Runmlwin; Space syntax

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; POVERTY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION; WALES;

EID: 84880932923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-695     Document Type: Article

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