Walk score®: Associations with purposive walking in recent cuban immigrants

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 202-206

  Brown, Scott C ^a,b   Pantin, Hilda ^a   Lombard, Joanna ^a,b   Toro, Matthew ^a   Huang, Shi ^a   Plater Zyberk, Elizabeth ^a,b   Perrino, Tatiana ^a   Perez Gomez, Gianna ^a   Barrera Allen, Lloyd ^a   Szapocznik, José ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; WALKING; WALKING AID;

ADULT; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; BODY MASS INDEX; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES; WALKING; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 84880283726     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.03.021     Document Type: Article

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