Urban-rural differences in daily time-activity patterns, occupational activity and housing characteristics

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Matz, Carlyn J ^a   Stieb, David M ^a   Brion, Orly ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental exposure; Housing characteristics; Occupation; Time activity; Urban rural

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DEMOGRAPHY; DIURNAL VARIATION; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING CONDITIONS; JOB SEARCH; OCCUPATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENT POPULATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEATING; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INTERVIEW; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WATER SUPPLY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ALBERTA; ANNAPOLIS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; EDMONTON; HALIFAX; MARYLAND; MONTREAL; NOVA SCOTIA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA]; TORONTO; UNITED STATES; VANCOUVER [BRITISH COLUMBIA];

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; RURAL HEALTH; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947492827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12940-015-0075-y     Document Type: Article

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