Is neighborhood green space associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes evidence from 267,072 australians

Diabetes Care

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 197-201

  Astell Burt, Thomas ^a,b   Feng, Xiaoqi ^a   Kolt, Gregory S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN; COMMUNITY LIVING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LAND USE; LIFESTYLE; LIPID DIET; LOW RISK POPULATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEIGHBORHOOD GREEN SPACE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENVIRONMENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 84892402272     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc13-1325     Document Type: Article

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