Case study: San Francisco's use of neighborhood indicators to encourage healthy urban development

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1914-1922

  Bhatia, Rajiv ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CITY PLANNING; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH CARE; HOUSING; HUMAN; LAND USE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEIGHBORHOOD INDICATOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; CALIFORNIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; POLICY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN RENEWAL;

EID: 84909643962     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0661     Document Type: Article

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