The impact of the built environment on young people's physical activity patterns: Asuburban-rural comparison using GPS

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3030-3050

  Collins, Peter ^a   Al Nakeeb, Yahya ^a   Nevill, Alan ^b   Lyons, Mark ^c  

^a NEWMAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Free living physical activity; Global Positioning System

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENDER; GPS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECREATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84866921334     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9093030     Document Type: Article

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