The Built Environment and Physical Activity Levels. The Harvard Alumni Health Study

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 293-298

  Lee, I Min ^a,b   Ewing, Reid ^c   Sesso, Howard D ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 70249096008     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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