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Block Groups

Block Group is a census geographic unit that represents a cluster of blocks within a census tract, typically containing between 600 and 3,000 people, serving as a subdivision of a census tract and the smallest geographical entity for which the U.S. Census Bureau publishes sample data.

348

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22.6K

Citations

857

Authors

406

Institutions

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2017–2026

82

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Census Block Groups

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Publications

348

Inequality in the Built Environment Underlies Key Health Disparities in Physical Activity and Obesity

Penny Gordon‐Larsen, Melissa C. Nelson, Phil Page et al. · PEDIATRICS · 2006 · 1.8K citations

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Overcoming the absence of socioeconomic data in medical records: validation and application of a census-based methodology.

Nancy Krieger · American Journal of Public Health · 1992 · 1.7K citations

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Seeing Disorder: Neighborhood Stigma and the Social Construction of “Broken Windows”

Robert J. Sampson, Stephen W. Raudenbush · Social Psychology Quarterly · 2004 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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"Broken windows" and the risk of gonorrhea

Deborah A. Cohen, Suzanne E. Spear, Richard Scribner et al. · American Journal of Public Health · 2000 · 523 citations · Full text

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Zip Code Caveat: Bias Due to Spatiotemporal Mismatches Between Zip Codes and US Census–Defined Geographic Areas—The Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project

Nancy Krieger, Pamela D. Waterman, Jarvis T. Chen et al. · American Journal of Public Health · 2002 · 408 citations

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1–5 of 348

Authors

857

  1. WA
    William Alex Pridemore

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    6 publications · 248 citations

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  2. JB
    Jørn B. Olsson

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    6 publications · 185 citations

    6

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  3. GO
    Gerhard O. Michler

    University of Tübingen, Germany

    5 publications · 180 citations

    5

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  4. RS
    Rolf S. Rees

    Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

    4 publications · 254 citations

    5

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  5. AJ
    Aleksandra J. Snowden

    University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, United States

    4 publications · 79 citations

    4

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1–5 of 857

Institutions

406

  1. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    12 h-index

    44 publications

    4.5K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    2.8K citations

  3. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    2K citations

  4. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    925 citations

  5. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    502 citations

  6. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    309 citations

  7. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    658 citations

  8. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    293 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Algebra

    31 publications · 822 citations

    18

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  2. Discrete Mathematics

    8 publications · 509 citations

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  3. American Journal of Community Psychology

    AJCP · 6 publications · 557 citations

    6

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  4. PLoS ONE

    5 publications · 301 citations

    6

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  5. Environmental Health Perspectives

    EHP · 5 publications · 441 citations

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