Perceived neighborhood safety during adolescence predicts subsequent deterioration of subjective health two decades later; gender differences in a racially-diverse sample

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Assari, Shervin ^a,b   Caldwell, Cleopatra Howard ^a,b   Zimmerman, Marc A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Adults; Life course; Neighbourhood; Subjective health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DETERIORATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; NEIGHBORHOOD; ODDS RATIO; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84982211892     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2008-7802.17043     Document Type: Article

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