Using GPS technology to (re)-examine operational definitions of ‘neighbourhood’ in place-based health research

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Inconsistencies in research findings on the impact of the built environment on walking across the life course may be methodologically driven. Commonly used methods to define ‘neighbourhood’, from which built environment variables are...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Boruff Bryan J, Nathan Andrea, Nijënstein Sandra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-06-01
Series:International Journal of Health Geographics
Subjects:
GPS
GIS
Online Access:http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/11/1/22