The relationship between neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics and physical inactivity among adolescents living in Boston, Massachusetts

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2014, Pages e142-e149

  Pabayo, Roman ^a   Molnar, Beth E ^b   Cradock, Angie ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POVERTY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BOSTON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907816406     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302109     Document Type: Article

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