Striding toward social justice: The ecologic milieuof physical activity

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-17

  Lee, Rebecca E ^a   Cubbin, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Exercise; Gender; Race; Social environment; Socioeconomic factors; Walking

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; HEALTH; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MICROENVIRONMENT; MONITORING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; REVIEW; SOCIAL JUSTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 62149141788     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JES.0b013e318190eb2e     Document Type: Review

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