Prospective study of urban form and physical activity in the black women's health study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 170, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1105-1117

  Coogan, Patricia F ^a   White, Laura F ^b   Adler, Thomas J ^b   Hathaway, Kevin M ^b   Palmer, Julie R ^b   Rosenberg, Lynn ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

African Americans; Environment; Follow up studies; Motor activity; Walking; Women

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; HEALTH SURVEY; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICAL DATA; WALKING; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAILWAY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72049117370     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp264     Document Type: Article

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