Conceptualization and measurement of environmental exposure in epidemiology: Accounting for activity space related to daily mobility

Health and Place

Volumn 21, Issue , 2013, Pages 86-93

  Perchoux, Camille ^a,b   Chaix, Basile ^b   Cummins, Steven ^c   Kestens, Yan ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity space; Daily mobility; Individual exposure; Interdisciplinary theory; Neighborhood

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOBILITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PSYCHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORISM; CONCEPT FORMATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOBILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TIME;

EID: 84874399370     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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