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Title:
Urban health : readings in the social, built, and physical environments of U.S. cities / edited by H. Patricia Hynes and Russ Lopez.
Publisher:
Jones and Bartlett Publishers,
Copyright Date:
c2009
Description:
xxiii, 302 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Urban health--United States.
Public health--United States.
Urbanization--Health aspects--United States.
Urban Health--United States.
Environment Design--United States.
Health Status Disparities--United States.
Public Health--United States.
Socioeconomic Factors--United States.
Urbanization--United States.
Santé urbaine--États-Unis.
Santé publique--États-Unis.
Urbanisation--Aspect sanitaire--États-Unis.
Other Authors:
Hynes, H. Patricia.
Lopez, Russ.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN:
0763752452 (pbk.)
9780763752453 (pbk.)
LCCN:
2008014880
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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