Effect of changes to the neighborhood built environment on physical activity in a low-income African American neighborhood

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Gustat, Jeanette ^a   Rice, Janet ^b   Parker, Kathryn M ^b   Becker, Adam B ^c   Farley, Thomas A ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; POVERTY; RECREATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEW ORLEANS; OBESITY; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; POVERTY; RECREATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84869223865     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd9.110165     Document Type: Article

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