Income and Racial Disparities in Access to Public Parks and Private Recreation Facilities

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-15

  Abercrombie, Lauren C ^a   Sallis, James F ^b   Conway, Terry L ^a   Frank, Lawrence D ^c,e   Saelens, Brian E ^d   Chapman, James E ^e  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Lawrence Frank and Company Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; INCOME; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECREATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; POVERTY; PUBLIC FACILITIES; RECREATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 36849046863     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2007.09.030     Document Type: Article

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