Are housing tenure and car access still associated with health? A repeat cross-sectional study of UK adults over a 13-year period

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Ellaway, A ^a   MacDonald, L ^a   Kearns, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CLASS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CAR; DEPRESSION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; AUTOMOBILES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OWNERSHIP; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994480353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012268     Document Type: Article

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