Using a life history framework to understand the relationship between neighborhood structural deterioration and adverse birth outcomes

Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 260-274

  Kruger, Daniel J ^a   Munsell, Melissa A ^b   French Turner, Tonya ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Genesee County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Built environment; Health disparities; Life history theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860996500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19335377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0099257     Document Type: Article

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