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Urban Health : Readings in the Social, Built, and Physical Environments of U. S. Cities

By: H. Patricia Hynes, Russell Lopez
Urban Health : Readings in the Social, Built, and Physical Environments of U. S. Cities
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ISBN: 9780763752453
Format: Paperback
Published: September 2008

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List of Figures
List of Tables and Textboxes
The Social Environmentp. 1
The Age of Extremes: Concentrated Affluence and Poverty in the Twenty-First Centuryp. 5
Health Inequities in the United States: Prospects and Solutionsp. 37
To Mitigate, Resist, or Undo: Addressing Structural Influences on the Health of Urban Populationsp. 65
Neighborhoods and Violent Crime: A Multilevel Study of Collective Efficacyp. 79
The Built Environmentp. 99
Housing and Health: Time Again for Public Health Actionp. 101
Indoor Environments and Health: Moving into the 21st Centuryp. 129
Urban Sprawl and Public Healdip. 141
Obesity, Physical Activity, and the Urban Environment: Public Healdi Research Needsp. 169
The Physical Environmentp. 187
Healdi, Wealth, and Air Pollution: Advancing Theory and Methodsp. 191
Examining Urban Brownfields through the Public Health "Macroscope"p. 217
A Current Appraisal of Toxic Wastes and Race in the I United States - 2007p. 237
Urban Horticulture in the Contemporary United States: Personal and Community Benefitsp. 261
Cities: The Vital Corep. 277
Article Credit Linesp. 283
Indexp. 287
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