Relative Influences of Individual, Social Environmental, and Physical Environmental Correlates of Walking

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1583-1589

  Giles Corti, Billie ^a   Donovan, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECREATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WALKING; ADULT; CITY PLANNING; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CITY PLANNING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN HEALTH; WALKING; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0141609759     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.9.1583     Document Type: Article

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