A Closer Look at Rural-Urban Health Disparities: Associations Between Obesity and Rurality Vary by Geospatial and Sociodemographic Factors

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 167-179

  Cohen, Steven A ^a   Cook, Sarah K ^b   Kelley, Lauren ^b   Foutz, Julia D ^b   Sando, Trisha A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

elderly; health disparities; obesity; rurality; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

AGED; BODY MASS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84983388411     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12207     Document Type: Article

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