Using google street view to audit neighborhood environments

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-100

  Rundle, Andrew G ^a   Bader, Michael D M ^c   Richards, Catherine A ^a   Neckerman, Kathryn M ^d   Teitler, Julien O ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTHETICS; FACE; GOOGLE STREET VIEW; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEIGHBORHOOD ENVIRONMENT; PEDESTRIAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WEB BROWSER;

ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WALKING;

EID: 78650094708     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.09.034     Document Type: Article

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