Built environment configuration and change in body mass index: The Caerphilly Prospective Study (CaPS)

Health and Place

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-44

  Sarkar, Chinmoy ^a   Gallacher, John ^a   Webster, Chris ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessibility; BMI; Built environment; Multilevel; Space syntax

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ADULT; BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAND USE; MORPHOMETRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN DESIGN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; LAND USE; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECREATION; RELIGION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 84869426695     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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