Disparities in park availability, features, and characteristics by social determinants of health within a U.S.-Mexico border urban area

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue S, 2014, Pages S111-S113

  Kamel, Amir A ^a   Ford, Paula B ^a   Kaczynski, Andrew T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Environmental justice; Parks; Social determinants of health; U.S. Mexico border region

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MEXICO; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SAFETY; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; RECREATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCOME; MEXICO; RECREATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84916593800     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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