The distance effects of environmental variables on older African American women's physical activity in Texas

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-229

  Shin, Woo Hwa ^a   Kweon, Byoung Suk ^b   Shin, Woo Jin ^c  

^a Daegu Gyeongbuk Development Institute   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Kyungil University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Objective natural and built environments; Older African American women; Path model; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY;

AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ATTRIBUTES; ENVIRONMENTAL BOUNDARIES; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; NEIGHBORHOOD ENVIRONMENT; PATH MODELS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

CONSERVATION;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARCHITECTURE; ELDERLY POPULATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLICY MAKING; URBAN DESIGN; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860409667     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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