Ranking of Cities According to Public Health Criteria: Pitfalls and Opportunities

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 546-549

  Ham, Sandra A ^a   Levin, Sarah ^a   Zlot, Amy I ^a   Andrews, Richard R ^b   Miles, Rebecca ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; IMMIGRATION; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1842425379     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.4.546     Document Type: Article

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