Defining Neighborhood Boundaries for Urban Health Research
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Defining neighborhood boundaries for urban health research.
The body of literature exploring neighborhood effects on health has increased rapidly in recent years, yet a number of methodologic concerns remain, including preferred methods for identification and delineation of study neighborhoods. In research combining census or other publicly available data with surveys of residents and/or street-level observations, questions regarding neighborhood defini...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Preventive Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0749-3797
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2007.02.034