Health benefits of green public housing: Associations with asthma morbidity and building-related symptoms

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2482-2489

  Colton, Meryl D ^a   Laurent, Jose Guillermo Cedeno ^a   MacNaughton, Piers ^a   Kane, John ^b   Bennett Fripp, Mae ^c   Spengler, John ^a   Adamkiewicz, Gary ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Boston Housing Authority   (United States)

^c Committee for Boston Public Housing ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; BOSTON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HOUSING; RISK FACTORS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946781816     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302793     Document Type: Article

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