Objective measures of neighborhood environment and physical activity in older women

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 461-469

  King, Wendy C ^a   Belle, Steven H ^a   Brach, Jennifer S ^a,b   Simkin Silverman, Laurey R ^a   Soska, Tracy ^b   Kriska, Andrea M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOME; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL MEDICINE; URBAN POPULATION;

BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PENNSYLVANIA; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; WALKING;

EID: 19344367057     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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