Neighborhoods and Obesity in Older Adults. The Baltimore Memory Study

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 455-463

  Glass, Thomas A ^a   Rasmussen, Meghan D ^b   Schwartz, Brian S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

AGED; BALTIMORE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33845321035     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2006.07.028     Document Type: Article

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