The built environment and utilitarian walking in small U.S. towns

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 80-86

  Doescher, Mark P ^a   Lee, Chanam ^b   Berke, Ethan M ^c   Adachi Mejia, Anna M ^c   Lee, Chun kuen ^b   Stewart, Orion ^d   Patterson, Davis G ^d   Hurvitz, Philip M ^a   Carlos, Heather A ^c   Duncan, Glen E ^d   Moudon, Anne Vernez ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise physical activity; Health promotion; Physical environment; Prevention; Rural health; Social environment; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CITY; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAND USE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PEDESTRIAN; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES; WALKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 84907700602     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.08.027     Document Type: Article

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