Assessing the contribution of parks to physical activity using global positioning system and accelerometry

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1981-1987

  Evenson, Kelly R ^a,b   Wen, Fang ^a   Hillier, Amy ^c   Cohen, Deborah A ^d  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Active travel; Geographic information systems (GIS); Global positioning systems (GPS)

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RECREATION; SANITATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PUBLIC FACILITIES; RECREATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885020876     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318293330e     Document Type: Article

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