The Effect of the Neighbourhood Built Environment on Obesity in Christchurch
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Summary
The findings suggest that the influence of the built environment is context specific and that it may not be as influential on obesity in Christchurch, and highlights the need to consider both individual and environmental factors in explaining the geographic variation of obesity.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2009-01-01
- Cited by
- 1
- References
- 254
- Access
- Open access
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- https://openalex.org/W49063471
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- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:127599815
Keywords
Neighbourhood (mathematics), Geography, Mathematics
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