Greenspace access, use, and physical activity: Understanding the effects of area deprivation

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 500-505

  Jones, Andy ^a   Hillsdon, Melvyn ^b   Coombes, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Equity; Greenspace; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 70749136118     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.10.012     Document Type: Article

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