Neighborhood Safety, Socioeconomic Status, and Physical Activity in Older Adults

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-213

  Tucker Seeley, Reginald D ^a,b   Subramanian, S V ^a   Li, Yi ^a,c   Sorensen, Glorian ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Center for Community Based Research   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SAFETY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECREATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 68149098877     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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