Perceived Neighborhood Safety Better Predicts Risk of Mortality for Whites than Blacks

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 937-948

  Assari, Shervin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Life course; Mortality; Neighborhood; Race; Safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013647122     PISSN: 21973792     EISSN: 21968837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40615-016-0297-x     Document Type: Article

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