Statistical approaches to testing the relationships of the built environment with resident-level physical activity behavior and health outcomes in cross-sectional studies with cluster sampling

Journal of Planning Literature

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-167

  Cerin, Ester ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

environment behavior; health; methods; quantitative methods; urban design

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN DESIGN;

EID: 79960334484     PISSN: 08854122     EISSN: 15526593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885412210386229     Document Type: Article

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