GIS-based analysis of obesity and the built environment in the US

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 9-21

  Xu, Yanqing ^a   Wang, Lei ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

built environment; geographically weighted regression; obesity; regionalization

Indexed keywords

NUTRITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS);

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; OBESITY; REGIONALIZATION; REGRESSION MODEL; SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; STREET CONNECTIVITY;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GIS; OBESITY; POVERTY; REGIONALIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84919459335     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: 15450465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15230406.2014.965748     Document Type: Article

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