Neighborhood social environment and risk of death: Multilevel evidence from the Alameda County Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 898-907

  Yen, Irene H ^a   Kaplan, George A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Social class; Social environment; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033562549     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009733     Document Type: Article

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