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

• Main Authors: Doroteia Aparecida Höfelmann (Author), Ana V. Diez Roux (Author), José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes (Author), Marco Aurélio Peres (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 adul...