Examination of how neighborhood definition influences measurements of youths' access to tobacco retailers: A methodological note on spatial misclassification

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 373-381

  Duncan, Dustin T ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Subramanian, S V ^a   Aldstadt, Jared ^b   Melly, Steven J ^a   Williams, David R ^a,c,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

exposure science; modifiable areal unit problem; neighborhood; spatial scale; spatial zone; tobacco retailers; uncertain geographic context problem

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOBACCO; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRIEDMAN TEST; HUMAN; JUVENILE; NEIGHBORHOOD; SMOKING; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EXPOSURE SCIENCE; MODIFIABLE AREAL UNIT PROBLEM; NEIGHBORHOOD; SPATIAL SCALE; SPATIAL ZONE; TOBACCO RETAILERS; UNCERTAIN GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT PROBLEM;

ADOLESCENT; BOSTON; COMMERCE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84892752522     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt251     Document Type: Article

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