'At-risk' places: Inequities in the distribution of environmental stressors and prescription rates of mental health medications in Glasgow, Scotland

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Maantay, Juliana ^a,b,c   Maroko, Andrew ^a,b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CUNY School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

built environment; deprivation; Glasgow; health inequities; mental health; vacant and derelict land

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH; LAND USE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; DEPRIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS; GLASGOW; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS;

HEALTH RISKS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

GLASGOW [SCOTLAND]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84949293235     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/11/115003     Document Type: Article

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