Is sprawl associated with a widening urban-suburban mortality gap?

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 708-728

  Fan, Yingling ^a   Song, Yan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Mortality; Smart growth; Sprawl; Urban health penalty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA MINING; EXERCISE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LAND USE; MODEL; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBURBAN AREA; THREAT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OREGON; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBURBAN HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 69249213510     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-009-9382-3     Document Type: Article

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