School site and the potential to walk to school: The impact of street connectivity and traffic exposure in school neighborhoods

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 545-550

  Giles Corti, Billie ^a   Wood, Gina ^a   Pikora, Terri ^a   Learnihan, Vincent ^b   Bulsara, Max ^c   Van Niel, Kimberly ^a   Timperio, Anna ^d   McCormack, Gavin ^e   Villanueva, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Urban Design 4 Health Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child; Children; Environment; Exercise; Physical activity; Walking

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIMARY EDUCATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN DESIGN; WALKING;

ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL CONSENT; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC; WALKING;

EID: 79952539236     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.12.011     Document Type: Article

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