To live and die in L.A. County: Neighborhood economic and social context and premature age-specific mortality rates among Latinos

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 230-237

  Bjornstrom, Eileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective efficacy; Health disparities; Latinos; Mortality; Neighborhoods

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; LATINO PEOPLE; LOCAL PLANNING; MORTALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLICY STRATEGY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ETHNICITY; HEART DISEASE; HISPANIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RISK; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751601128     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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