Associations between availability of facilities within three different neighbourhood buffer sizes and objectively assessed physical activity in adolescents

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1228-1234

  Prins, Richard Rick G ^a   Ball, Kylie ^b   Timperio, Anna ^b   Salmon, Jo ^b   Oenema, Anke ^a,c   Brug, Johannes ^d   Crawford, David ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Cognitions; Environment; Mediation; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NEIGHBORHOOD; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPATIAL COGNITION; SPORTS FACILITY; URBAN AREA; YOUNG POPULATION;

ACCELEROMETER; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARK; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SPORT FACILITY;

EID: 80053574779     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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