A call for caution and transparency in the calculation of land use mix: Measurement bias in the estimation of associations between land use mix and physical activity

Health and Place

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 79-83

  Hajna, Samantha ^a   Dasgupta, Kaberi ^a,b   Joseph, Lawrence ^a,b   Ross, Nancy A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Land use mix; Measurement bias; Physical activity; Walking

Indexed keywords

GIS; LAND USE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WALKING;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CANADA; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; ENTROPY; LAND USE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL BIAS; WALKING;

CANADA;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CANADA; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WALKING;

EID: 84903749189     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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