The proportion of youths' physical inactivity attributable to neighbourhood built environment features

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Laxer, Rachel E ^a   Janssen, Ian ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTHETICS; GIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG POPULATION;

CANADA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TRENDS; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WALKING;

EID: 84879048116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-12-31     Document Type: Article

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