Mobility Disability and the Urban Built Environment
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Original Contribution Mobility Disability and the Urban Built Environment
Research on the effects of the built environment in the pathway from impairment to disability has been largely absent. Using data from the Chicago Community Adult Health Study (2001–2003), the authors examined the effect of built environment characteristics on mobility disability among adults aged 45 or more years (n 1⁄4 1,195) according to their level of lower extremity physical impairment. Bu...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0002-9262,1476-6256
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn185