Exploring the distribution of park availability, features, and quality across Kansas City, Missouri by income and race/ethnicity: An environmental justice investigation

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Vaughan, Katherine B ^a   Kaczynski, Andrew T ^b   Stanis, Sonja A Wilhelm ^c   Besenyi, Gina M ^b   Bergstrom, Ryan ^a   Heinrich, Katie M ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Environmental justices; Income; Parks; Physical activity; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANCESTRY GROUP; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INCOME; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; RACE; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; INCOME; MISSOURI; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84879078645     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-012-9425-y     Document Type: Article

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