Effects of buffer size and shape on associations between the built environment and energy balance

Health and Place

Volumn 27, Issue , 2014, Pages 162-170

  James, Peter ^a   Berrigan, David ^b   Hart, Jaime E ^c   Aaron Hipp, J ^d   Hoehner, Christine M ^d   Kerr, Jacqueline ^e   Major, Jacqueline M ^b   Oka, Masayoshi ^f   Laden, Francine ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Built environment; Geographic information systems; Spatial uncertainty; Walking

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ENERGY BALANCE; GIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WALKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY MASS; BUFFER SIZE; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WALKING; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 84895746002     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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