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Abstract
Characteristics that may describe the demographic, social, built environment, or economic characteristics of a geographic area in which people live and can affect health and well-being of neighborhood residents. Neighborhood environments include the physical environment (unsafe air/water), built environment (sidewalks/greenspace) and the social environment (safety, sense of community).
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- Neighborhood Disadvantage
- Neighborhood Effects
- Neighborhood Environment
- Neighborhood Safety
- Effect, Neighborhood
- Environment, Neighborhood
- Neighborhood Disadvantages
- Neighborhood Effect
- Neighborhood Environments
- Safety, Neighborhood
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for issues concerning health, coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; specify geographic location if pertinent
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History Note
2022
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Previous Indexing
- Residence Characteristics (2007-2021)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Neighborhood Characteristics. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000091542. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000091542
- Neighborhood Characteristics. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112207543