Area-level social fragmentation and walking for exercise: Cross-sectional findings from the Quebec Adipose and Lifestyle Investigation in Youth study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Pabayo, Roman ^a   Barnett, Tracie A ^b   Datta, Geetanjali D ^b   Lambert, Marie ^c   O'Loughlin, Jennifer ^b,d   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; WALKING;

ADULT; ANOMIE; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WALKING;

EID: 84865675228     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300868     Document Type: Review

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