Walking for transportation or leisure: What difference does the neighborhood make?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1674-1680

  Wen, Ming ^a   Kandula, Namratha R ^b   Lauderdale, Diane S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Neighborhood safety; Neighborhood SES; Neighborhood social cohesion; Physical activity; Trust; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; RISK; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; TRUST; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; SOCIAL CLASS; WALKING;

EID: 36348937252     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0400-4     Document Type: Article

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