A cross-sectional survey of the relationship between walking, biking, and the built environment for adults aged over 70 years

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 35-41

  Takahashi, Paul Y ^a   Baker, Mitzi A ^b   Cha, Stephan ^a   Targonski, Paul V ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Planning Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Biking; Functional status; Older adults; Walking

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHARLSON INDEX; CHI SQUARE TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DUKE ACTIVITY STATUS INDEX; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 12; STUDENT T TEST; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; WALK SCORE; WALKING;

EID: 84864493229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/rmhp.s30221     Document Type: Article

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