Dark shadow of the long white cloud: Neighborhood safety is associated with self-rated health and cortisol during pregnancy in Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand

SSM - Population Health

Volumn 3, Issue , 2017, Pages 75-80

  Thayer, Zaneta M ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Neighborhood quality; Neighborhood safety; New Zealand; Pregnancy; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006818061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23528273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.11.004     Document Type: Article

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