Modeling spatial accessibility to parks: A national study

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Xingyou ^a   Lu, Hua ^a   Holt, James B ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; MODEL TEST; NEIGHBORHOOD; OPEN SPACE; OUTDOOR RECREATION; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RECREATION; SANITATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC FACILITIES; RECREATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955701485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-10-31     Document Type: Article

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