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Is Walk Score associated with hospital admissions from chronic diseases? Evidence from a cross-sectional study in a high socioeconomic status Australian city-state

OBJECTIVES: To explore patterns of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).To ascertain the effect of the neighbourhood built environmental features and especially walkability on health outcomes, specifically for hospital admissions from NCDs. DESIGN: A cross-secti...

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Autores principales: Mazumdar, Soumya, Learnihan, Vincent, Cochrane, Thomas, Phung, Hai, O'Connor, Bridget, Davey, Rachel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5168632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27932340
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012548