A Walk (or Cycle) to the Park. Active Transit to Neighborhood Amenities, the CARDIA Study

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 285-292

  Boone Heinonen, Janne ^a   Jacobs Jr , David R ^d,e   Sidney, Stephen ^b   Sternfeld, Barbara ^b   Lewis, Cora E ^c   Gordon Larsen, Penny ^a  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BICYCLING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70149101798     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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