Generating GPS activity spaces that shed light upon the mobility habits of older adults: A descriptive analysis

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hirsch, Jana A ^a,b   Winters, Meghan ^c   Clarke, Philippa ^d   McKay, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity space; Geographic information systems (GIS); Global positioning systems (GPS); Mobility; Neighborhood attributes; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; GPS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOBILITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER [BRITISH COLUMBIA];

AGED; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HABIT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WALKING;

EID: 84923234272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-13-51     Document Type: Article

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