Residential segregation and mortality in New York City

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 469-476

  Fang, Jing ^a   Madhavan, Shantha ^a   Bosworth, William ^b   Alderman, Michael H ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Mortality; New York City; Segregation

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY RATE; RACIAL SEGREGATION; RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW YORK CITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

USA, NEW YORK CITY;

EID: 0032537863     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00128-2     Document Type: Article

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