Implications of the modifiable areal unit problem for assessing built environment correlates of moderate and vigorous physical activity

Applied Geography

Volumn 50, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-47

  Houston, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; GPS; MAUP; Physical activity; Scale

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; GPS; GREENSPACE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; WALKING;

EID: 84895744715     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.02.008     Document Type: Article

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