Associations of adult physical activity with perceived safety and police-recorded crime: The Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Evenson, Kelly R ^a   Block, Richard ^b   Roux, Ana V D ^c   McGinn, Aileen P ^d   Wen, Fang ^a   Rodríguez, Daniel A ^e  

^a IL   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Environment; Geographic Information Systems; Leisure activities; Physical activity; Safety; Social environment; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; VIOLENCE; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHICAGO; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; WALKING;

EID: 84870980577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-146     Document Type: Article

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