Density, destinations or both? A comparison of measures of walkability in relation to transportation behaviors, obesity and diabetes in Toronto, Canada

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Glazier, Richard H ^a,b,c,d,e   Creatore, Maria I ^a,b   Weyman, Jonathan T ^a   Fazli, Ghazal ^a   Matheson, Flora I ^a,b,d   Gozdyra, Peter ^a,b   Moineddin, Rahim ^b,e   Shriqui, Vered Kaufman ^a   Booth, Gillian L ^a,b,e  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CANADA; CHILD; CITY PLANNING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKABILITY; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ONTARIO; POPULATION DENSITY; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898004666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085295     Document Type: Article

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