The built environment and depressive symptoms among urban youth: A spatial regression study

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-25

  Duncan, Dustin T ^a   Piras, Gianfranco ^b   Dunn, Erin C ^a,c   Johnson, Renee M ^a,d   Melly, Steven J ^a   Molnar, Beth E ^a,e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Depressive symptoms; Neighborhood effects; Neighborhood walkability; Spatial epidemiology; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; BOSTON; CITIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84876485761     PISSN: 18775845     EISSN: 18775853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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