Do the Individual, Social, and Environmental Correlates of Physical Activity Differ Between Urban and Rural Women?

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 350-373

  Cleland, Verity J ^a,c   Ball, Kylie ^a   King, Abby C ^b   Crawford, David ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

adults; geographic location; health behavior; social ecological model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HEALTH SERVICES; MOVEMENT; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 84859827316     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916510393275     Document Type: Article

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