The social environment and walking behavior among low-income housing residents

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-84

  Caspi, Caitlin E ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Subramanian, S V ^a   Tucker Seeley, Reginald ^a,b   Sorensen, Glorian ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Low income housing; Physical activity; Safety; Social capital; Social disorder; USA

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MODEL; NEIGHBORHOOD; PREVALENCE; RESIDENT; SAFETY; SCIENTIST; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WALKING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOSTON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876471255     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.11.030     Document Type: Article

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