The socio-spatial neighborhood estimation method: An approach to operationalizing the neighborhood concept

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1113-1121

  Cutchin, Malcolm P ^a   Eschbach, Karl ^b   Mair, Christine A ^c   Ju, Hyunsu ^b   Goodwin, James S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Measurement; Neighborhoods; Qualitative; Socio spatial

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; HEALTH CARE; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIO-SPATIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ESTIMATION METHOD;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052533997     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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