Erratum: Racial disparities in context: A multilevel analysis of neighborhood variations in poverty and excess mortality among Black populations in Massachusetts (American Journal of Public Health (2005) 95 (260-265) 10.2105/AJPH.2003.034132);Racial disparities in context: A multilevel analysis of neighborhood variations in poverty and excess mortality among black populations in Massachusetts

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 260-265

  Subramanian, S V ^a   Chen, Jarvis T ^a   Rehkopf, David H ^a   Waterman, Pamela D ^a   Krieger, Nancy ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13144307068     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2003.034132     Document Type: Erratum

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