Home is where the harm is: inadequate housing as a public health crisis

Am J Public Health. 2002 May;92(5):733-8. doi: 10.2105/ajph.92.5.733.

Abstract

Overcrowding and poor-quality housing have a direct relationship to poor mental health, developmental delay, heart disease, and even short stature.

MeSH terms

  • Air Pollution, Indoor / adverse effects
  • Air Pollution, Indoor / prevention & control
  • Asthma / epidemiology
  • Asthma / prevention & control
  • Child
  • Environmental Exposure / prevention & control
  • Housing / economics
  • Housing / standards*
  • Humans
  • Minority Groups
  • Pest Control
  • Poverty Areas*
  • Primary Prevention
  • Public Health*
  • Rural Health
  • Social Conditions*
  • Social Justice
  • Social Welfare
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Urban Health*