Reliability of the abbreviated neighborhood environment walkability scale japanese version

Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 453-461

  Inoue, Shigeru ^a   Ohya, Yumiko ^a   Odagiri, Yuko ^a   Takamiya, Tomoko ^a   Ishii, Kaori ^a   Lee, Jung Su ^b   Shimomitsu, Teruichi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assessment; Environment; Physical activity; Reliability; Walking

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350176603     PISSN: 0039906X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7600/jspfsm.58.453     Document Type: Article

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