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People living in highly black concentrated neighborhoods more likely to report their health as poor
10-20-2006 · EurekAlert!In a study examining the relationship between racial/ethnic neighborhood concentration and self-reported health, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health found that individuals living in neighborhoods with a high concentration of blacks were twice as likely to report poor health when compared to their counterparts living in neighborhoods with a lower concentration of blacks.
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