title: A comparison of the health status of Riverdale residents with residents of the rest of Toronto based on the Toronto Community Health Survey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the health status of Riverdale residents with residents of the rest of Toronto.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional telephone survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Toronto. TIME FRAME: October 1988-June 1989.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four hundred and fourteen residents of Riverdale, a residential-industrial area of Toronto, and 866 residents of the rest of Toronto, age 15 years and older in households with telephones.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Respondents in Riverdale compared to respondents in the rest of Toronto were more likely to speak languages other than English, have less formal education, and be of Oriental ethnic origin. Perceived health status varied between the two areas, but no significant difference existed in diagnosed morbidity. Riverdale respondents were much more aware of food and soil contamination than respondents from the rest of Toronto.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen's University.
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Van den Kerkhof
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Langlois
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bernstein
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D013689:Telephone
chemical_list: D012989:Soil Pollutants