Why is poverty unhealthy? Social and physical mediators

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1631-1641

  Cohen, Deborah A ^a   Farley, Thomas A ^b   Mason, Karen ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Collective efficacy; Health disparities; Social and physical environment; USA

Indexed keywords

HEALTH AND DISEASE; METROPOLITAN AREA; POVERTY; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREDICTION; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042425953     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00015-7     Document Type: Article

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