Overcoming the challenges of conducting physical activity and built environment research in Latin America: IPEN Latin America

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue S, 2014, Pages S86-S92

  Salvo, Deborah ^a,b,c   Reis, Rodrigo S ^d,e   Sarmiento, Olga L ^f   Pratt, Michael ^a,f  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Built environment; Latin America; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; COLOMBIA; HUMAN; LAND USE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; POLITICS; POPULATION SIZE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; COOPERATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; URBAN POPULATION;

BRAZIL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84916641226     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.10.014     Document Type: Article

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