An economic evaluation of health-promotive built environment changes

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Guo, Jessica Y ^a   Gandavarapu, Sasanka ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Built environment; Cost benefit analysis; Economic assessment; Obesity; Physical activity; Travel behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BUILT ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BICYCLING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING; WISCONSIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73149125346     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.08.019     Document Type: Article

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