Re-visiting the relationship between neighbourhood environment and BMI: an instrumental variables approach to correcting for residential selection bias

BACKGROUND: A burgeoning literature links attributes of neighbourhoods’ built environments to residents’ physical activity, food and transportation choices, weight, and/or obesity risk. In cross-sectional studies, non-random residential selection impedes researchers’ ability to conclude that neighbo...

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Autores principales: Zick, Cathleen D, Hanson, Heidi, Fan, Jessie X, Smith, Ken R, Kowaleski-Jones, Lori, Brown, Barbara B, Yamada, Ikuho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3598873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23425701
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1479-5868-10-27

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