The joint contribution of neighborhood poverty and social integration to mortality risk in the United States

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 261-266

  Marcus, Andrea Fleisch ^a   Echeverria, Sandra E ^b   Holland, Bart K ^c   Abraido Lanza, Ana F ^d   Passannante, Marian R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^e RUTGERS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Neighborhood; Social determinants of health; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY RISK; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN RELATION; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962548477     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2016.02.006     Document Type: Article

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