Maternal and child health and neighborhood context: The selection and construction of area-level variables

Health and Place

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 547-556

  Rajaratnam, Julie K ^a   Burke, Jessica G ^b   O'Campo, Patricia ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Context; Maternal and child health; Measurement; Multilevel; Neighborhood

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY STRUCTURE; HOUSING; MATERNAL HEALTH; MOBILITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; RESEARCH WORK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CRIME; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33745262342     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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