Comments on Melis et al. The Effects of the Urban Built Environment on Mental Health: A Cohort Study in a Large Northern Italian City. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 2015, 12, 14898–14915

Yan Kestens, Basile Chaix, Martine Shareck and Julie Vallée
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Yan Kestens: Research Theme of Risks, Prevention and Health Promotion, Montreal University Research Center (CRCHUM), 850, Rue St.-Denis, Montréal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada
Basile Chaix: Inserm, UMR-S 1136, Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health, Nemesis research team, 27 Rue Chaligny, 75571 Paris, France
Martine Shareck: Department of Social and Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SH, UK
Julie Vallée: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR Géographie-Cités, 13 Rue du Four, 75006 Paris, France

IJERPH, 2016, vol. 13, issue 3, 1-4

Abstract: In a recent paper by Melis and colleagues [1], exposure to certain built environment characteristics—urban density and accessibility to public transit—is found to be related to mental health, even more so among women, the elderly, and the residentially stable (interactions between built environment and individual characteristics in relation to mental health have unfortunately not been tested statistically, which could have strengthened their demonstration).[...]

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Date: 2016
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