Where are youth active? Roles of proximity, active transport, and built environment

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2071-2079

  Grow, Helene Mollie ^a,e   Saelens, Brian E ^a   Kerr, Jacqueline ^b   Durant, Nefertiti H ^c   Norman, Gregory J ^d   Sallis, James F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Bicycling; Children; Physical activity; Recreation sites; Walking

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASKETBALL; BICYCLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; DRIVER LICENCE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUVENILE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PEDESTRIAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECREATION; SAFETY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SITING; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES; WALKING; EXERCISE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE; HUMANS; PARENTS; RECREATION; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 62849099931     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181817baa     Document Type: Article

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