Neighborhoods and Health
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Neighborhoods and health.
Features of neighborhoods or residential environments may affect health and contribute to social and race/ethnic inequalities in health. The study of neighborhood health effects has grown exponentially over the past 15 years. This chapter summarizes key work in this area with a particular focus on chronic disease outcomes (specifically obesity and related risk factors) and mental health (specif...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Circulation: Heart Failure
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1941-3289,1941-3297
DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.120.008003