Residential segregation, socioeconomic status, and disability: A multi-level study of Puerto Ricans in the United States

Centro Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 14-47

  Burgos, Giovani ^a   Rivera, Fernando I ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Health Disparities; Latinos; Puerto Ricans; Racialized Place Inequality Framework; Residential Segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880758977     PISSN: 15386279     EISSN: 21632960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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