Achieving a healthy zoning policy in baltimore: Results of a health impact assessment of the transform baltimore zoning code rewrite

Public Health Reports

Volumn 128, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2013, Pages 87-103

  Thornton, R L Johnson ^a   Greiner, Amelia ^a,b,c   Fichtenberg, Caroline M ^b   Feingold, Beth J ^b,d   Ellen, Jonathan M ^a   Jennings, Jacky M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CRIME; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; ZONING CODE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84887912111     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549131286s313     Document Type: Article

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