The concordance of directly and indirectly measured built environment attributes and physical activity adoption

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  McAlexander, Kristen M ^a,b   Mama, Scherezade K ^b   Medina, Ashley ^b   O'Connor, Daniel P ^b   Lee, Rebecca E ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WALKING;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 79960026722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-8-72     Document Type: Article

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