Segregation, Poverty, and Mortality in Urban African Americans

by Anthony P. Polednak

The potential impact of segregation on the health of African-Americans is an intriguing and controversial topic that draws from the areas of epidemiology and the social sciences. Epidemiologists have recently turned to the study of racism and health, but epidemiologic studies have not dealt specifically with black-white segregation and health. This book examines mortality rates for African-Americans in selected U.S. urban areas in relation to both...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195111656
• ISBN13: 9780195111651
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.5"