Comparing objective measures of environmental supports for pedestrian travel in adults

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Shay, Elizabeth ^a   Rodriguez, Daniel A ^b   Cho, Gihyoug ^b   Clifton, Kelly J ^c   Evenson, Kelly R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NEIGHBORHOOD; PEDESTRIAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WALKING;

MARYLAND; MONTGOMERY COUNTY [MARYLAND]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 71949088042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-8-62     Document Type: Article

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