Neighborhood effects on health: Concentrated advantage and disadvantage
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Neighborhood effects on health: Concentrated advantage and disadvantage.
We investigate an alternative conceptualization of neighborhood context and its association with health. Using an index that measures a continuum of concentrated advantage and disadvantage, we examine whether the relationship between neighborhood conditions and health varies by socio-economic status. Using NHANES III data geocoded to census tracts, we find that while largely uneducated neighbor...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health & Place
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1353-8292
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.05.009