Association of perceived neighborhood problems and census tract income with poor self-rated health in adults: a multilevel approach

Abstract Neighborhood problems constitute sources of chronic stress that may increase the risk of poor self-rated health. The associations of census tract level income and perceived neighborhood problems with self-rated health were examined in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil (1,720 adult...

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Main Authors: Doroteia Aparecida Höfelmann, Ana V. Diez Roux, José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes, Marco Aurélio Peres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2015-11-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2015001300079&lng=en&tlng=en