Is access to neighborhood green space associated with BMI among Egyptians? A multilevel study of Cairo neighborhoods

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 385-390

  Mowafi, Mona ^a   Khadr, Zeinab ^b   Bennett, Gary ^c   Hill, Allan ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Subramanian, S V ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Social Research Center of the American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cairo; Disparities; Egypt; Green space; Multilevel; Neighborhoods; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEVELOPING WORLD; GREENSPACE; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPTIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

CAIRO [EGYPT]; EGYPT;

EID: 84856608564     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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