Combining global positioning system and accelerometer data to determine the locations of physical activity in children

Geospatial Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 263-272

  Oreskovic, Nicolas M ^a,b   Blossom, Jeff ^c   Field, Alison E ^b,d   Chiang, Sylvia R ^a   Winickoff, Jonathan P ^a,b   Kleinman, Ronald E ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Built environment; Geographical information system; Global positioning system; Physical activity; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860998132     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2012.144     Document Type: Article

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