Individual and socio-environmental determinants of overweight and obesity in Urban Canada

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 389-398

  Pouliou, Theodora ^a   Elliott, Susan J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Built environment; Canada; Determinants of health; Obesity; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; GIS; HEALTH SURVEY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

CANADA;

EID: 73249146259     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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