The association between neighborhood greenness and cardiovascular disease: An observational study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Pereira, Gavin ^a,b   Foster, Sarah ^b   Martin, Karen ^b   Christian, Hayley ^b   Boruff, Bryan J ^b   Knuiman, Matthew ^b   Giles Corti, Billie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Built environment; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Greenness; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; STROKE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84862506029     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-466     Document Type: Article

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