Built environment and physical functioning in hispanic elders: The role of "Eyes on the Street"

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1300-1307

  Brown, Scott C ^a   Mason, Craig A ^b   Perrino, Tatiana ^a   Lombard, Joanna L ^a,c   Martinez, Frank ^a,c   Plater Zyberk, Elizabeth ^c   Spokane, Arnold R ^d   Szapocznik, José ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Built environment; Environmental measures; Hispanics Latinos; Physical functioning; Psychological distress; Social support

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HISPANIC; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WELLBEING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; SOCIAL CLASS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOUSING; HUMANS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 55949091546     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11160     Document Type: Article

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