From built environment to health inequalities: An explanatory framework based on evidence

Preventive Medicine Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 737-745

  Gelormino, Elena ^a   Melis, Giulia ^b   Marietta, Cristina ^b   Costa, Giuseppe ^c  

^a Department of Public Health Local Health Authority TO5   (Italy)

^b Environmental Heritage and Urban Redevelopment SiTI Higher Inst on Territorial Systems for Innovation Turin   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Built environment; Equity; Health in All Policies; Health inequalities; Neighbourhood; Urban health

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EATING HABIT; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSING; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOISE POLLUTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84941910025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.08.019     Document Type: Review

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