Black-white metropolitan segregation and self-rated health: Investigating the role of neighborhood poverty

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue , 2017, Pages 85-92

  Do, D Phuong ^a   Frank, Reanne ^b   Iceland, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Neighborhood effects; Racial segregation

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; RACIAL SEGREGATION;

BLACK PERSON; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EXPOSURE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MODEL; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACIAL SEGREGATION; ADULT; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85021401805     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.06.010     Document Type: Article

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