Application of a Walking Suitability Assessment to the Immediate Built Environment Surrounding Elementary Schools

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 246-252

  Lee, Sarah M ^a   Tudor Locke, Catrine ^a   Burns, Elizabeth K ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

built environment; physical activity; schools; walk to school; walking suitability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EVALUATION; HUMAN; SCHOOL; WALKING;

ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; WALKING;

EID: 58149127437     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839907301403     Document Type: Article

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