The hierarchical diffusion of AIDS and violent crime among U.S. metropolitan regions: Inner-city decay, stochastic resonance and reversal of the mortality transition

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 935-947

  Wallace, Rodrick ^a,b   Huang, Yi Shan ^c   Gould, Peter ^d   Wallace, Deborah ^a  

^a PISCS Inc   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Stuyvesant High School   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Hierarchical diffusion; Marginalization; Violent crime

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CRIME; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030889929     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00197-9     Document Type: Article

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