Considering daily mobility for a more comprehensive understanding of contextual effects on social inequalities in health: A conceptual proposal

Health and Place

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 154-160

  Shareck, Martine ^a,b   Frohlich, Katherine L ^a   Kestens, Yan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conceptual; Context; Daily mobility; Neighbourhood; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH STATUS; MOBILITY; NEIGHBORHOOD;

ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DAILY MOBILITY; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INEQUALITY; SOCIAL STATUS; DEMOGRAPHY; POVERTY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84905459792     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.07.007     Document Type: Article

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