Lower-Body Function, Neighborhoods, and Walking in an Older Population

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 419-428

  Satariano, William A ^a   Ivey, Susan L ^a   Kurtovich, Elaine ^a   Kealey, Melissa ^a   Hubbard, Alan E ^a   Bayles, Constance M ^b   Bryant, Lucinda L ^c   Hunter, Rebecca H ^d   Prohaska, Thomas R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAND USE; POPULATION; RESIDENTIAL AREA; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 77949464031     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.12.031     Document Type: Article

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