Effects of buffer size and shape on associations between the built environment and energy balance
Peter James,David Berrigan,Jaime E. Hart,J. Aaron Hipp,Christine M. Hoehner,Jacqueline Kerr,Jacqueline M. Major,Masayoshi Oka,Francine Laden +8 more
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TL;DR: Linear regression results indicated that the scale and shape of buffers influenced study results and may partly explain the inconsistent findings in the built environment and energy balance literature.
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About: This article is published in Health & Place. The article was published on 01 May 2014. and is currently open access. The article focuses on the topics: Energy balance.
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