Neighbourhood green space and the odds of having skin cancer: Multilevel evidence of survey data from 267 072 Australians

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 370-374

  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

CANCER; DATA SET; GREENSPACE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SKIN; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SURVEY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AUSTRALIA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SKIN TUMOR; SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GEOGRAPHY; LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECREATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84897627172     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-203043     Document Type: Article

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