After Moving to Opportunity: How Moving to a Low-poverty Neighborhood Improves Mental Health among African American Women

Society and Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-21

  Turney, Kristin ^a   Kissane, Rebecca ^b   Edin, Kathryn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

mental health; neighborhood; poverty; stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993783371     PISSN: 21568693     EISSN: 21568731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2156869312464789     Document Type: Article

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