Associations between physical activity, perceptions of the neighbourhood environment and access to facilities in an English city

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1917-1923

  Panter, Jenna R ^a   Jones, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Environmental correlates; Neighbourhood quality; Physical activity; UK

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ACTIVITY PATTERN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ACCESS; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL IMPACT; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ARTICLE; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54549083101     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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