Health promoting community design: Contextual effects of built and social environments of urban neighborhoods on exercise: A multilevel study in Chicago

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 247-254

  Wen, Ming ^a   Zhang, Xingyou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b ROBERT GRAHAM CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Neighborhood; Physical activity; Prevention research. Manuscript format: Research; research purpose: Modeling relationship testing; study design: Nonexperimental; outcome measure: Behavioral; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHICAGO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62549104664     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.07052448     Document Type: Article

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