Commercial venues as supports for physical activity in adolescent girls

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 163-168

  Dowda, Marsha ^a   McKenzie, Thomas L ^b   Cohen, Deborah A ^c   Scott, Molly M ^c   Evenson, Kelly R ^d   Bedimo Rung, Ariane L ^e   Voorhees, Carolyn C ^f   Almeida, Maria J C A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adolescent females; Built environment; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS CENTERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548362107     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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