Housing and health: New evidence using biomarker data

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 256-262

  Clair, Amy ^a   Hughes, Amanda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; MORTGAGE LENDING; PROTEIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; BLOOD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; INFECTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OWNERSHIP; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85060018664     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2018-211431     Document Type: Article

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