Built environment and its influences on walking among older women: Use of standardized geographic units to define urban forms

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Siu, Vivian W ^a   Lambert, William E ^b   Fu, Rongwei ^b   Hillier, Teresa A ^c   Bosworth, Mark ^d   Michael, Yvonne L ^e  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Metro Oregon   (United States)

^e DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSENSUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLAND; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; URBAN AREA; WALKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; SUBURBAN POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; CITIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OREGON; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 84866158250     PISSN: 16879805     EISSN: 16879813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/203141     Document Type: Article

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