Crime, neighborhood deprivation, and asthma: A GIS approach to define and assess neighborhoods

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 59-67

  Gale, Sara L ^a   Magzamen, Sheryl L ^a,c   Radke, John D ^a,b,d   Tager, Ira B ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Asthma; Crime; Deprivation; GIS; Neighborhood

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79957749069     PISSN: 18775845     EISSN: 18775853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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