The spatial and temporal association of neighborhood drug markets and rates of sexually transmitted infections in an urban setting

Health and Place

Volumn 23, Issue , 2013, Pages 128-137

  Jennings, Jacky M ^a,b   Woods, Stacy E ^c   Curriero, Frank C ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug markets; Ecologic analyses; Sexually transmitted infections; Social epidemiology; Spatial analyses

Indexed keywords

DRUGS TRADE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEIGHBORHOOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG TRAFFIC; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEIGHBORHOOD DRUG MARKET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84880639183     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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