The built environment and recreational physical activity among adults in Curitiba, Brazil

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 419-422

  Hino, Adriano A F ^a,b   Reis, Rodrigo S ^a,b   Sarmiento, Olga L ^c   Parra, Diana C ^d   Brownson, Ross C ^d,e  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^e USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Brasil; Built environment; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAZIL; BUILDING; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GYM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEIGHBORHOOD INCOME; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; TELEPHONE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957921811     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.03.019     Document Type: Article

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