Rural and urban park visits and park-based physical activity

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Shores, Kindal A ^a   West, Stephanie T ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Leisure activities; Observation; Recreation; Rural health services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORTH CAROLINA; OBSERVATION; POVERTY; PUBLIC FACILITIES; RECREATION; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 73149090340     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.07.023     Document Type: Article

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