Urban sprawl and risk for being overweight or obese

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1574-1579

  Lopez, Russ ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 4344678964     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.9.1574     Document Type: Article

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