Built environment, parents' perception, and children's vigorous outdoor play

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 251-256

  Bringolf Isler, Bettina ^a   Grize, Leticia ^a   Mäder, Urs ^b   Ruch, Nicole ^b   Sennhauser, Felix H ^c   Braun Fahrländer, Charlotte ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Federal Institute of Sport   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; GIS; Perceived environment; Physical activity; Psychosocial environment; Time spent outdoors

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD SAFETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLAY THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWITZERLAND; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; POPULATION DENSITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 77952581506     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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