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Physical environment correlates of psychosocial health among urban residents

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This research was supported by the Environmental Resources Center of the Georgia Institute of Technology and by Grant 14-31-0001-3359 from the Office of Water Research and Technology of the Interior. The manuscript was prepared during Dr. Brogan's sabbatical year in the Statistics Department, University of Melbourne, Australia, where she was partially supported by an NIH Fogarty Senior International Fellowship, F06-TW00193. Appreciation is extended to Atlanta Southside Comprehensive Health Center for their cooperation in the collection of data for psychosocial health indices, to Henri Etta Baltimore and Heinz Mueller for their leadership roles in the data collection, to Dr. Paul McCullough for comments on an earlier version of the manuscript, and to two referees for helpful suggestions.

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Brogan, D.R., James, L.D. Physical environment correlates of psychosocial health among urban residents. Am J Commun Psychol 8, 507–522 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00912589

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