Neighborhood Greenness and 2-Year Changes in Body Mass Index of Children and Youth

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 547-553

  Bell, Janice F ^a   Wilson, Jeffrey S ^b   Liu, Gilbert C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PLANTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 55349138428     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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