The impact of public housing on social networks: A natural experiment

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1642-1649

  Pollack, Craig E ^a   Green Jr , Harold D ^c   Kennedy, David P ^c   Griffin, Beth Ann ^c   Kennedy Hendricks, Alene ^b   Burkhauser, Susan ^c   Schwartz, Heather ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HOUSING; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84906080377     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301949     Document Type: Article

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