Association between neighborhood safety and overweight status among urban adolescents
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Neighborhood safety may be an important social environmental determinant of overweight. We examined the relationship between perceived neighborhood safety and overweight status, and assessed the validity of reported neighborhood safe...
Main Authors: | Johnson Renee M, Duncan Dustin T, Molnar Beth E, Azrael Deborah |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-08-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/9/289 |
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