Multilevel built environment features and individual odds of overweight and obesity in Utah

Applied Geography

Volumn 60, Issue , 2015, Pages 197-203

  Xu, Yanqing ^a   Wen, Ming ^b   Wang, Fahui ^a,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c YUNNAN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Built environment; County; Multilevel modeling; Obesity; Utah; Zip code

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926620862     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.10.006     Document Type: Article

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