What neighborhood area captures built environment features related to adolescent physical activity?

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1280-1286

  Boone Heinonen, Janne ^a   Popkin, Barry M ^a   Song, Yan ^b   Gordon Larsen, Penny ^a  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Environment design; Epidemiology; Modifiable areal unit problem; Neighborhood definition; Physical activity; United States

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH POLICY; NEIGHBORHOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957677322     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.06.015     Document Type: Article

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