The relationship between urban sprawl and coronary heart disease in women

Health and Place

Volumn 20, Issue , 2013, Pages 51-61

  Griffin, Beth Ann ^a   Eibner, Christine ^a   Bird, Chloe E ^a   Jewell, Adria ^a   Margolis, Karen ^b   Shih, Regina ^a   Ellen Slaughter, Mary ^a   Whitsel, Eric A ^c   Allison, Matthew ^d   Escarce, Jose J ^a,e  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Neighborhoods; Urban sprawl; Women's health

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN SPRAWL;

EID: 84873810312     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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