Cumulative Exposure to Neighborhood Context: Consequences for Health Transitions Over the Adult Life Course

Research on Aging

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 115-142

  Clarke, Philippa ^a   Morenoff, Jeffrey ^a   Debbink, Michelle ^a   Golberstein, Ezra ^a   Elliott, Michael R ^a   Lantz, Paula M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

functional health; life course; mortality; neighborhood effects; panel data; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888092416     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027512470702     Document Type: Article

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