Neighborhood environment, self-efficacy, and physical activity in urban adolescents

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 674-688

  Voorhees, Carolyn C ^a   Yan, Alice F ^b   Clifton, Kelly J ^c   Wang, Min Qi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Physical activity; Self efficacy; Urban; Walking behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255173939     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.35.6.4     Document Type: Article

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