Urban sprawl, physical activity, and body mass index: Nurses' health study and nurses' health study II

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 369-375

  James, Peter ^a   Troped, Philip J ^b   Hart, Jaime E ^a   Joshu, Corinne E ^c   Colditz, Graham A ^d   Brownson, Ross C ^e   Ewing, Reid ^f   Laden, Francine ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; POLICY; POPULATION DENSITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; POPULATION DENSITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; URBAN RENEWAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872519577     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300449     Document Type: Article

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