Residential greenness and adiposity: Findings from the UK Biobank

Environment International

Volumn 106, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-10

  Sarkar, Chinmoy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Active travel; Adiposity; Body mass index; NDVI; Residential greenness; UK Biobank; UKBUMP

Indexed keywords

NUTRITION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE TRAVEL; ADIPOSITY; BODY MASS INDEX; NDVI; RESIDENTIAL GREENNESS; UK BIOBANK; UKBUMP;

HOUSING;

BODY MASS; GREENSPACE; NDVI; OBESITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOBANK; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENTIAL GREENNESS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBANIZATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 85019632063     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2017.05.016     Document Type: Article

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