Hispanic Segregation and Poor Health: It's Not Just Black and White

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 186, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 990-999

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hispanic Americans; Hispanic health; Neighborhood characteristics; Segregation

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SURVEY; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

BLACK PERSON; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85031923424     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwx172     Document Type: Article

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