Destination and route attributes associated with adults' walking: A review

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1275-1286

  Sugiyama, Takemi ^a   Neuhaus, Maike ^b   Cole, Rachel ^c   Giles Corti, Billie ^d   Owen, Neville ^a,b  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Health Promotion Branch   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

environment; Neighborhood; physical activity; urban planning

Indexed keywords

CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; REVIEW; WALKING;

CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECREATION; WALKING;

EID: 84862753618     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318247d286     Document Type: Review

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