Neighborhood Mechanisms and the Spatial Dynamics of Birth Weight

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 976-1017

  Morenoff, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFANT WELFARE; NEWBORN; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 0142182077     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374405     Document Type: Article

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