The way we live in our cities

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 187, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 658-661

  Capon, Anthony G ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CITY PLANNING; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN POPULATION; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 39049151383     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01465.x     Document Type: Article

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