Neighborhood risk factors for obesity

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2111-2119

  Lopez, Russ P ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Epidemiology; Socioeconomic deprivation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

CENSUSES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34548630137     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.251     Document Type: Article

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