Neighborhood Environments and Physical Activity Among Adults in 11 Countries

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 484-490

  Sallis, James F ^a   Bowles, Heather R ^b   Bauman, Adrian ^b   Ainsworth, Barbara E ^c   Bull, Fiona C ^d   Craig, Cora L ^e   Sjöström, Michael ^f   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^g   Lefevre, Johan ^h   Matsudo, Victor ⁱ   Matsudo, Sandra ⁱ   Macfarlane, Duncan J ^j   Gomez, Luis Fernando ^k   Inoue, Shigeru ^l   Murase, Norio ^l   Volbekiene, Vida ^m   McLean, Grant ⁿ   Carr, Harriette ⁿ   Heggebo, Lena Klasson ^o   Tomten, Heidi ^o   Bergman, Patrick ^f   more..

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute   (Canada)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^h University Hospitals Leuven   (Belgium)

ⁱ CELAFISCS   (Brazil)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^k Fundacion FES Social   (Colombia)

^l TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m LITHUANIAN SPORTS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

ⁿ Sport and Recreation New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^o NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BRAZIL; CANADA; CHINA; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LITHUANIA; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NORWAY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAS; CITIES; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549159902     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.01.031     Document Type: Article

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