Neighborhood walkability and cardiometabolic risk factors in australian adults: An observational study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Müller Riemenschneider, Falk ^a,b   Pereira, Gavin ^c,d   Villanueva, Karen ^d   Christian, Hayley ^d   Knuiman, Matthew ^d   Giles Corti, Billie ^e   Bull, Fiona C ^d  

^a Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Built environment; Cardiometabolic risk factors; Walkability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WALKING; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84881456717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-755     Document Type: Article

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