Neighborhood built environment and income: Examining multiple health outcomes
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Neighborhood built environment and income: examining multiple health outcomes.
There is growing interest in the relation of built environments to physical activity, obesity, and other health outcomes. The purpose of the present study was to test associations of neighborhood built environment and median income to multiple health outcomes and examine whether associations are similar for low- and high-income groups. This was a cross-sectional study of 32 neighborhoods in Sea...
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عنوان ژورنال: Social Science & Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0277-9536
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.01.017