Can the built environment reduce health inequalities? A study of neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage and walking for transport

Health and Place

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-98

  Turrell, Gavin ^a   Haynes, Michele ^b   Wilson, Lee Ann ^a   Giles Corti, Billie ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Built environment; Health inequalities; Neighbourhood; Transport; Walking

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LAND USE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; WALKING;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84870560619     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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