Beyond individual neighborhoods: A geography of opportunity perspective for understanding racial/ethnic health disparities

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1113-1123

  Osypuk, Theresa L ^a   Acevedo Garcia, Dolores ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Health disparities; Neighborhood; Policy; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HEALTH POLICY; HOUSING MARKET; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; RACE; RACIAL DISPARITY;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACISM; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957677917     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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