Built Environment Attributes and Walking Patterns Among the Elderly Population in Bogotá

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 592-599

  Gómez, Luis F ^a   Parra, Diana C ^a   Buchner, David ^c   Brownson, Ross C ^a,b   Sarmiento, Olga L ^d   Pinzón, José D ^e   Ardila, Mauricio ^e   Moreno, José ^a   Serrato, Mauricio ^f   Lobelo, Felipe ^g  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b MO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^e Centro de Estudios Urbanos

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECREATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; URBAN AREA; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WALKING;

EID: 77952412413     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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