The measurement of neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics and black and white residential segregation in metropolitan detroit: Implications for the study of social disparities in health

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-158

  Darden, Joe ^a   Rahbar, Mohammad ^b   Jezierski, Louise ^a   Li, Min ^c   Velie, Ellen ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Health disparities; Metropolitan Detroit; Neighborhood socioeconomic inequality; Race; Residential segregation; Social class

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; CENSUS; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; INDEX METHOD; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; RACE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950882548     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045600903379042     Document Type: Article

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