Environmental Profile of a Community's Health (EPOCH): An Ecometric Assessment of Measures of the Community Environment Based on Individual Perception

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Corsi, Daniel J ^a   Subramanian, S V ^b   McKee, Martin ^c   Li, Wei ^d   Swaminathan, Sumathi ^e   Lopez Jaramillo, Patricio ^f   Avezum, Alvaro ^g   Lear, Scott A ^h   Dagenais, Gilles ⁱ   Rangarajan, Sumathy ^a   Teo, Koon ^a   Yusuf, Salim ^a   Chow, Clara K ^j  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^e ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^g INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^h SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANADA; CHINA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COLOMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE OF A COMMUNITY'S HEALTH TOOL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; URBAN POPULATION;

BRAZIL; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; COLOMBIA; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INDIA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84866014984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044410     Document Type: Article

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