AIDS, tuberculosis, violent crime, and low birthweight in eight US metropolitan areas: Public policy, stochastic resonance, and the regional diffusion of inner-city markers

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 525-555

  Wallace, R ^a,b,d   Wallace, D ^c   Andrews, H ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Public Service Division   (United States)

^d PISCS Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIDS; INNER CITY AREA; LOW BIRTHWEIGHT; METROPOLITAN AREA; TUBERCULOSIS; VIOLENT CRIME;

USA;

EID: 0030755225     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a290525     Document Type: Article

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