Establishing the soundness of administrative spatial units for operationalising the active living potential of residential environments: an exemplar for designing optimal zones

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In health and place research, definitions of areas, area characteristics, and health outcomes should ideally be coherent with one another. Yet current approaches for delimiting areas mostly rely on spatial units "of convenience&...

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Main Authors: Riva Mylène, Apparicio Philippe, Gauvin Lise, Brodeur Jean-Marc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-07-01
Series:International Journal of Health Geographics
Online Access:http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/7/1/43