Neighborhood environment, access to places for activity, and leisure-time physical activity in a diverse North Carolina population

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 58-69

  Huston, Sara L ^a,b,c   Evenson, Kelly R ^b   Bors, Philip ^b   Gizlice, Ziya ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Ethnic Groups; Exercise; Prevention Research; Socioeconomic Factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INCOME; LEISURE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141680233     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-18.1.58     Document Type: Review

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