Physical Activity Among Adolescents. When Do Parks Matter?

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 345-348

  Babey, Susan H ^a,b   Hastert, Theresa A ^a   Yu, Hongjian ^a   Brown, E Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHILD SAFETY; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOUSING; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC PARK; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PUBLIC FACILITIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 40949085641     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.01.020     Document Type: Article

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