The influence of socioeconomic and environmental determinants on health and obesity: A West Virginia case study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2271-2287

  Amarasinghe, Anura ^a   D'Souza, Gerard ^b   Brown, Cheryl ^b   Oh, Hyungna ^b   Borisova, Tatiana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachia; Endogeneity; Health; Human capital; Land use; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; KNOWLEDGE; LAND USE; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WEST VIRGINIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69349107473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph6082271     Document Type: Article

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