Spatial Methods to Study Local Racial Residential Segregation and Infant Health in Detroit, Michigan

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 922-931

  Grady, Sue ^a   Darden, Joe ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

health geography; low birth weight; racial health disparities; racial residential segregation; socioeconomic position; urban geography

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; METROPOLITAN AREA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACIAL SEGREGATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; WEIGHT;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864535151     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2012.674898     Document Type: Article

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