Features of perceived neighborhood environment associated with daily walking time or habitual exercise: Differences across gender, age, and employment status in a community-dwelling population of Japan

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 368-376

  Chen, Tzu An ^a   Lee, Jung Su ^a   Kawakubo, Kiyoshi ^b   Watanabe, Etsuko ^a   Mori, Katsumi ^a   Kitaike, Tadashi ^c   Akabayashi, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYORITSU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Employment status; Gender; Habitual exercise; Neighborhood environment; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME SAFETY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HABITUAL EXERCISE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WALKING; WALKING TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CITIES; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884952487     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-013-0334-x     Document Type: Article

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