Discriminatory mass de-housing and low-weight births: Scales of geography, time, and level

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 454-468

  Wallace, Deborah ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geography of low weight births; Influences on low weight birth patterns; Intergenerational effects; Serial displacement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CRIME; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN; POLICY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CRIME; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEW YORK CITY; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HOUSING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN RENEWAL;

EID: 80052962051     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-011-9581-6     Document Type: Article

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