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Urban health : readings in the social, built, and physical environments of U.S. cities / edited by H. Patricia Hynes and Russ Lopez.
Holman Biotech Commons RA566.3 .U73 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban health--United States.
- Urban health.
- Public health--United States.
- Public health.
- United States.
- Urban Health.
- Environment Design.
- Health Status Disparities.
- Public Health.
- Socioeconomic Factors.
- Urbanization.
- Medical Subjects:
- Urban Health.
- United States.
- Environment Design.
- Health Status Disparities.
- Public Health.
- Socioeconomic Factors.
- Urbanization.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 302 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, [2009]
- Contents:
- The age of extremes: concentrated affluence and poverty in the twenty-first century / Douglas S. Massey
- Health inequities in the United States: prospects and solutions / Dennis Raphael
- To mitigate, resist, or undo: addressing structural influences on the health of urban populations / Arline T. Geronimus
- Neighborhoods and violent crime: a multilevel study of collective efficacy / Robert J. Sampson, Stephen W. Raudenbush, and Felton Earls
- Housing and health: time again for public health action / James Krieger and Donna L. Higgins
- Indoor environments and health: moving into the 21st century / Jonathan M. Samet and John D. Spengler
- Urban sprawl and public health / Howard Frumkin
- Obesity, physical activity, and the urban environment: public health research needs / Russ Lopez and H. Patricia Hynes
- Health, wealth, and air pollution: advancing theory and methods / Marie S. O'Neill ... [et al.]
- Examining urban brownfields through the public health "macroscope" / Jill S. Litt, Nga L. Tran, and Thomas A. Burke
- A current appraisal of toxic wastes and race in the United States, 2007 / Robin Saha
- Urban horticulture in the contemporary United States: personal and community benefits / H. Patricia Hynes and Genevieve Howe
- Cities: the vital core / Joel Rogers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780763752453
- 0763752452
- OCLC:
- 219263385
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