Parents' perceptions of neighborhood safety and children's physical activity

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 212-217

  Weir, Lori A ^a   Etelson, Debra ^a   Brand, Donald A ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Exercise; Poverty areas; Residence characteristics; Social problems; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CRIME; DANCING; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLAY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPORT; TRAFFIC; WALKING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; PARENTS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33748323447     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.03.024     Document Type: Article

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