The urban built environment and associations with women's psychosocial health

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 857-871

  Messer, Lynne C ^a,b   Maxson, Pamela ^a   Miranda, Marie Lynn ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Pregnancy outcomes; Psychosocial health; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACISM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRIME; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RACISM; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885951550     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-012-9743-1     Document Type: Article

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