Population-adjusted street connectivity, urbanicity and risk of obesity in the U.S.

Applied Geography

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-14

  Wang, Fahui ^a,b   Wen, Ming ^c   Xu, Yanqing ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

BRFSS; Built environments urbanicity classification; Obesity; Physical activity; Population adjusted street connectivity; The U.S

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HEALTH RISK; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; WALKING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876395707     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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