Galea et al. [ 42] also found that residing in a neighbourhood characterized by poor quality built environment (i.e. housing disrepair) was associated with greater likelihood of depression.
13 The site has a human population density of approximately 77,000 persons/km 2, 13 and is characterized by poor quality housing, poor sanitation, and limited access to clean water.
In developing countries, an estimated 863 million people live in slums, areas characterized by poor quality or informal housing, unhealthy living conditions, poverty, and marginalization from the formal health sector [ 1].
19, 20 In Norway, melatonin is indicated as monotherapy for short-term treatment of primary insomnia characterized by poor quality of sleep among patients aged 55 years and older.
On the one hand you have the earlier settled areas of the city with good roads, quality housing and other necessary urban facilities while on the other you have the new expansion areas that have grown outside of formal planning control and are characterized by haphazard development, poor quality housing and lack of basic urban infrastructure and services.
Chronic headaches are a relevant health problem characterized by significant disability, poor quality of life and high economic burden (1).
Land degradation is the most widespread and severe in communal areas which are characterized by deforested landscapes, poor quality pasture and soil infertility.
This would be in agreement with other studies which conclude that the development of immunity against Campylobacter is most likely limited to developing countries, where individuals are most likely exposed to a highly contaminated environment, characterized for example by a poor quality water supply or by the presence of poultry in the house [ 5, 8, 10, 11].
Moreover, suboptimal glucocorticoid replacement and the associated morbidities may contribute to a poor quality of life, characterized by negative alterations in physical activity and social, work and family life [ 5, 21- 23].
