GPS tracking in neighborhood and health studies: A step forward for environmental exposure assessment, A step backward for causal inference?

Health and Place

Volumn 21, Issue , 2013, Pages 46-51

  Chaix, Basile ^a,b   Méline, Julie ^a,b   Duncan, Scott ^c   Merrien, Claire ^a,b   Karusisi, Noëlla ^a,b   Perchoux, Camille ^a,b,d   Lewin, Antoine ^a,b   Labadi, Karima ^a,b   Kestens, Yan ^d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental exposure assessment; Global positioning system; Neighborhood; Selective daily mobility; Transportation and health

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GIS; GPS; HEALTH STATUS; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRACKING; TRANSPORTATION;

ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

EID: 84874002906     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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