Neighborhood racial composition, social capital and black all-cause mortality in Philadelphia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1859-1865

  Hutchinson, Rebbeca N ^a   Putt, Mary A ^b   Dean, Lorraine T ^c   Long, Judith A ^b   Montagnet, Chantal A ^b   Armstrong, Katrina ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Neighborhood racial composition; Race; Social capital; USA

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; EUSOCIALITY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SURVEY; MINORITY GROUP; MORTALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; RACISM; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHILADELPHIA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65249103995     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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