Urban planning and health equity

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 582-597

  Northridge, Mary Evelyn ^a,b   Freeman, Lance ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Built environment; Health equity; Public health; Social determinants of health; Urban health; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CITY; CITY PLANNING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

CITIES; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052967968     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-011-9558-5     Document Type: Article

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