What explains the association between neighborhood-level income inequality and the risk of fatal overdose in New York City?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 662-674

  Nandi, Arijit ^a,b   Galea, Sandro ^b,c   Ahern, Jennifer ^b,c,d   Bucciarelli, Angela ^b   Vlahov, David ^a,b   Tardiff, Kenneth ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Disorder; Drug overdose; Income inequality; Neighborhood; Police

Indexed keywords

DRUG USER; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MORTALITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POLICE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; OVERDOSE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744830037     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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