Public open spaces and walking for recreation: Moderation by attributes of pedestrian environments

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-29

  Sugiyama, Takemi ^a   Paquet, Catherine ^a,b   Howard, Natasha J ^a   Coffee, Neil T ^a   Taylor, Anne W ^c   Adams, Robert J ^c   Daniel, Mark ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Effect modification; Environment; Park; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDESTRIAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPEN SPACE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS; SPACE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TRAFFIC; WALKING; WORK; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; EFFECT MODIFIER, EPIDEMIOLOGIC; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC FACILITIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 84894466265     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.01.030     Document Type: Article

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