Environmental correlates of physical activity in driving and non-driving rural Japanese women

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 490-496

  Kamada, Masamitsu ^a,b   Kitayuguchi, Jun ^a   Inoue, Shigeru ^c   Kamioka, Hiroharu ^d   Mutoh, Yoshiteru ^e   Shiwaku, Kuninori ^b  

^a Physical Education and Medicine Research Center UNNAN   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automobile driving; Environment design; Exercise; Public health; Social environment; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BODY MASS INDEX; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING;

EID: 70749131499     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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