Urban natural environments, obesity, and health-related quality of life among hispanic children living in Inner-City neighborhoods

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Kim, Jun Hyun ^a   Lee, Chanam ^a   Sohn, Wonmin ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; GIS; Green space; Health related quality of life; Landscape ecology; Landscape spatial patterns; Obesity; Remote sensing; Urban natural environments

Indexed keywords

CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ETHNIC GROUP; GIS; GREENSPACE; INNER CITY AREA; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMOTE SENSING;

ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LANDSCAPE SPATIAL PATTERN; MALE; OBESITY; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; PHYSICAL HEALTH SUMMARY SCORE; PSYCHOSOCIAL HEALTH SUMMARY SCORE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBAN NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; CITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; PROTECTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEXAS; TREE; URBAN HEALTH;

HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CITIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS; TREES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84954199510     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13010121     Document Type: Article

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