Neighborhood greenness and chronic health conditions in medicare beneficiaries

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 78-89

  Brown, Scott C ^a,b   Lombard, Joanna ^a,b   Wang, Kefeng ^a   Byrne, Margaret M ^a   Toro, Matthew ^a   Plater Zyberk, Elizabeth ^a,b   Feaster, Daniel J ^a   Kardys, Jack ^c   Nardi, Maria I ^c   Perez Gomez, Gianna ^a   Pantin, Hilda M ^a   Szapocznik, José ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Miami Dade County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NEIGHBORHOOD; POST HOC ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOCIAL STATUS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; REMOTE SENSING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MEDICARE; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84962382587     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.02.008     Document Type: Article

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