Perceptions of neighborhood park quality: Associations with physical activity and body mass index

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Bai, Hua ^a   Stanis, Sonja A Wilhelm ^a   Kaczynski, Andrew T ^b   Besenyi, Gina M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Exercise; Obesity; Recreation; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; RECREATION; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; ARTICLE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; RECREATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84879090764     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-012-9448-4     Document Type: Article

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