Elucidating the changing socio-spatial dynamics of neighborhood effects on adult obesity risk in Taiwan from 2001 to 2005

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1248-1258

  Chen, Duan Rung ^a   Wen, Tzai Hung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Area inequality; Body mass index; Multilevel modeling; Spatial lag regression; Spatial spillover

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MODELING; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TAIWAN;

TAIWAN;

EID: 77957657518     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.08.013     Document Type: Article

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