Active buildings: Modelling physical activity and movement in office buildings. An observational study protocol

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Smith, Lee ^a   Ucci, Marcella ^b   Marmot, Alexi ^b   Spinney, Richard ^b   Laskowski, Marek ^b   Sawyer, Alexia ^a   Konstantatou, Marina ^b   Hamer, Mark ^a   Ambler, Gareth ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a   Fisher, Abigail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AGENT BASED MODELLING; ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BUILDING; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OFFICE WORKER; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; SITTING; STANDING; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING; WELLBEING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84888083016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004103     Document Type: Article

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