Environmental perceptions and walking in English adults

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 924-928

  Foster, Charles ^a   Hillsdon, Melvyn ^b   Thorogood, Margaret ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; PERCEPTION; SELF ASSESSMENT; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 7044285874     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.014068     Document Type: Review

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