How well do modelled routes to school record the environments children are exposed to?: A cross-sectional comparison of GIS-modelled and GPS-measured routes to school

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Harrison, Flo ^a,b   Burgoine, Thomas ^a   Corder, Kirsten ^a   van Sluijs, Esther M F ^a   Jones, Andy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food environment; Geographic information systems; Global positioning systems; Physical activity environment; Route to school

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GIS; GPS; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; MODEL TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; STANDARD; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; WALKING;

EID: 84896727591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-13-5     Document Type: Article

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