Social and physical environments and self-rated health in urban and rural communities in Korea

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 14329-14341

  Lee, Jung A ^a,b   Park, Jong Heon ^c   Kim, Myung ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^c Health Insurance Policy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Rural; Social and physical environment; SRH; Urban

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL SOCIETY; URBAN SOCIETY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KOREA; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL CONSTITUTION AND HEALTH; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRUST; URBAN POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

KOREA;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84947125494     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph121114329     Document Type: Article

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