NEIGHBORHOODS, RACE, AND HEALTH: EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRESS AND BIRTH OUTCOMES IN PITTSBURGH

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 546-563

  Zuberi, Anita ^a   Duck, Waverly ^a   Gradeck, Bob ^a   Hopkinson, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFANT MORTALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEONATE; RACE; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

PENNSYLVANIA; PITTSBURGH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84949238712     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: 14679906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/juaf.12261     Document Type: Article

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