Neighborhood walkability, physical activity, and walking behavior: The Swedish Neighborhood and Physical Activity (SNAP) study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1266-1273

  Sundquist, Kristina ^a   Eriksson, Ulf ^a   Kawakami, Naomi ^a,b   Skog, Lars ^c   Ohlsson, Henrik ^a   Arvidsson, Daniel ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Neighborhoods; Physical activity; Sweden; Walking

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; GIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL TIME; WALKING;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; LAND USE; LEISURE; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL DENSITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STREET CONNECTIVITY; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SWEDEN; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

EID: 79954745819     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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