Changes in the built environment and changes in the amount of walking over time: Longitudinal results from the Multi-Ethnic study of Atherosclerosis

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 180, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 799-809

  Hirsch, Jana A ^a,f   Moore, Kari A ^a   Clarke, Philippa J ^a   Rodriguez, Daniel A ^b   Evenson, Kelly R ^c   Brines, Shannon J ^d   Zagorski, Melissa A ^a   Roux, Ana V Diez ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment design; Geographic information systems; Leisure activities; Longitudinal prospective studies; Neighborhoods; Residence characteristics; Transportation; Walking

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORT; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; GIS; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAND USE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DENSITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING;

EID: 84921767921     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu218     Document Type: Article

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