User demographics and physical activity behaviors on a newly constructed urban rail/trail conversion

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 534-542

  Reed, Julian A ^a   Hooker, Steven P ^b   Muthukrishnan, Suresh ^a   Hutto, Brent ^b  

^a FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Direct observation; Greenway

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955519093     PISSN: 15433080     EISSN: 15435476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jpah.8.4.534     Document Type: Article

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