Racial segregation, income inequality, and mortality in US metropolitan areas

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 270-282

  Nuru Jeter, Amani M ^a   LaVeist, Thomas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Income distribution; Mortality; Race ethnicity; Segregation

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MORTALITY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MORTALITY; PREJUDICE; RACE RELATIONS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79960020248     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-010-9524-7     Document Type: Article

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