Do observed or perceived characteristics of the neighborhood environment mediate associations between neighborhood poverty and cumulative biological risk?

Health and Place

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 147-156

  Schulz, Amy J ^a   Mentz, Graciela ^a   Lachance, Laurie ^a   Zenk, Shannon N ^b   Johnson, Jonetta ^a   Stokes, Carmen ^c   Mandell, Rebecca ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Neighborhood; Neighborhood environment; Poverty; Urban health inequalities

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

ALLOSTATIC LOAD; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEIGHBORHOOD ENVIRONMENT; POVERTY; URBAN HEALTH INEQUALITIES;

ALLOSTASIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84885050563     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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