Defining Neighborhood Boundaries for Urban Health Research

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Weiss, Linda ^a   Ompad, Danielle ^b   Galea, Sandro ^b,c   Vlahov, David ^b  

^a Office of Special Populations   (United States)

^b NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG ABUSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; LAND USE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; NEIGHBORHOOD BOUNDARY; OBSERVATION; PEDESTRIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34249323392     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2007.02.034     Document Type: Article

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