Neighborhood incarceration rate and asthma prevalence in New York city: A multilevel approach

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Frank, Joseph W ^a   Hong, Clemens S ^b   Subramanian, S V ^c   Wang, Emily A ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRISONER; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876877802     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301255     Document Type: Article

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