Metric properties of the neighborhood inventory for environmental typology (NIfETy): An environmental assessment tool for measuring indicators of violence, alcohol, tobacco, and other drug exposures

Evaluation Review

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 159-184

  Furr Holden, C D M ^a   Campbell, K D M ^a   Milam, A J ^a   Smart, M J ^a   Ialongo, N A ^a   Leaf, P J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Innercity; Neighborhood; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BALTIMORE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952510436     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X10368493     Document Type: Article

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