Built Environment and Health Behaviors Among African Americans. A Systematic Review

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 174-181

  Casagrande, Sarah Stark ^a   Whitt Glover, Melicia C ^b   Lancaster, Kristie J ^c   Odoms Young, Angela M ^d   Gary, Tiffany L ^a  

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

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICANS; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 58149188003     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.09.037     Document Type: Review

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