Do measures matter? Comparing surface-density-derived and census-tract-derived measures of racial residential segregation

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kramer, Michael R ^a   Cooper, Hannah L ^a   Drews Botsch, Carolyn D ^a   Waller, Lance A ^a   Hogue, Carol R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; POPULATION SIZE; RACIAL DISPARITY; RACIAL SEGREGATION;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CENSUSES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PREGNANCY; PREJUDICE; PREMATURE BIRTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953310583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-29     Document Type: Article

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