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Perceived Neighborhood Environment and Adults Health in Three Tunisian Cities

Author : Khaled Hassine

Published in: Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The important role played by neighbourhood in shaping individual and community health is now recognised by researchers. This interest in the relationship between neighbourhood and health has increased significantly in the 1990s and a considerable number of studies on this aspect has been carried out.

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Title: Perceived Neighborhood Environment and Adults Health in Three Tunisian Cities
Author: Khaled Hassine
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-70547-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-70548-4

Copyright Year: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70548-4_566