Cross-sectional associations between residential environmental exposures and cardiovascular diseases

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Chum, Antony ^a,b   O'Campo, Patricia ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Built environment and health; Environmental determinants of health; Health geography; Healthy urban planning; Multilevel modeling; Neighbourhood effects; Social determinants of health; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESTAURANTS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84930006045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1788-0     Document Type: Article

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