Open AccessZip code-level risk factors for tuberculosis: neighborhood environment and residential segregation in New Jersey, 1985-1992
Author(s) -
Dolores AcevedoGarcía
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.91.5.734
Subject(s) - zip code , demography , immigration , medicine , gerontology , ethnic group , poverty , risk factor , environmental health , geography , cartography , archaeology , sociology , economic growth , anthropology , economics
This study examined zip code-level risk factors associated with very high tuberculosis (TB) rates among non-Hispanic Whites, African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians in New Jersey (1985-1992).