Measures of local segregation for monitoring health inequities by local health departments

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 903-906

  Krieger, Nancy ^a   Waterman, Pamela D ^a   Batra, Neelesh ^b   Murphy, Johnna S ^b   Dooley, Daniel P ^b   Shah, Snehal N ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Boston Public Health Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; MASSACHUSETTS; MONITORING; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLARIZATION; POVERTY; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOSTON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; PREMATURE BIRTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85020668635     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303713     Document Type: Review

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