Developing and testing a street audit tool using Google Street View to measure environmental supportiveness for physical activity

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Griew, Pippa ^a   Hillsdon, Melvyn ^a   Foster, Charlie ^b   Coombes, Emma ^c   Jones, Andy ^c   Wilkinson, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environment; Physical activity; Street audit; Walking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; CYCLING; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORTY AREA STUDY STREET VIEW TOOL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GOOGLE STREET VIEW TOOL; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ESTHETICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERNET; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WALKING;

EID: 84882466164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-10-103     Document Type: Article

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