Sociodemographic moderators of relations of neighborhood safety to physical activity

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1554-1563

  Carlson, Jordan A ^a   Bracy, Nicole L ^a   Sallis, James F ^a   Millstein, Rachel A ^a   Saelens, Brian E ^b   Kerr, Jacqueline ^a   Conway, Terry L ^a   Frank, Lawrence D ^c   Cain, Kelli L ^a   King, Abby C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Crime; Gender; Race ethnicity; Socioeconomic status; Traffic; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BALTIMORE; CRIME; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84904537615     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000274     Document Type: Article

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