Surveillance of social and geographic inequalities in housing-related issues: The case of the Eastern Townships, Quebec (Canada)

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 4825-4844

  Roy, Mathieu ^a   Généreux, Mélissa ^a   Laverdière, Émélie ^a   Vanasse, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental health; Epidemiological surveillance; Geography; Inequalities; Medical; Public health; Social conditions; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STAKEHOLDER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY NOISE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE; GEOGRAPHY; HEAT STRESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN AREA; WOOD BURNING; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS;

CANADA; EASTERN TOWNSHIPS; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUEBEC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84899894148     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110504825     Document Type: Article

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