Neighborhood Walkability and Sedentary Time in Belgian Adults

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-32

  Van Dyck, Delfien ^a   Cardon, Greet ^a   Deforche, Benedicte ^a,b   Owen, Neville ^c   Sallis, James F ^d   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SITTING; SOCIAL ASPECT; WALKING; WHITE COLLAR WORKER; AGE; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953267050     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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