Validation of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index as a Measure of Neighborhood Greenness

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 946-952

  Rhew, Isaac C ^a   Vander Stoep, Ann ^a,b   Kearney, Anne ^a   Smith, Nicholas L ^a   Dunbar, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Neighborhood Greenness; Validation Studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; RESIDENTIAL AREA; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; VEGETATION;

BALTIMORE; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WASHINGTON; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 80855139611     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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