Spatial disparities in the distribution of parks and green spaces in the USA

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Wen, Ming ^a   Zhang, Xingyou ^b   Harris, Carmen D ^c   Holt, James B ^b   Croft, Janet B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental justice; Green space; Health equity; Neighborhood poverty; Park; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; DEMOGRAPHY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POVERTY; RECREATION; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; ARTICLE; STATISTICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; DATA COLLECTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; POVERTY; RECREATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84876363958     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-012-9426-x     Document Type: Article

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