Evaluating the ecological association of casino industry economic development on community health status: A natural experiment in the Mississippi Delta Region

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 214-222

  Honoré, Peggy A ^a,b,c,d   Simoes, Eduardo J ^e   Moonesinghe, Ramal ^e   Wang, Xueyuan ^a   Brown, Lovetta ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaming and health; Gaming economic development; Public health finance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUILDING; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ETHICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847039545     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-200703000-00021     Document Type: Article

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