Adolescents' use of the built environment for physical activity

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Oreskovic, Nicolas M ^a,b   Perrin, James M ^a,b   Robinson, Alyssa I ^a   Locascio, Joseph J ^a,b   Blossom, Jeff ^c   Chen, Minghua L ^a,b   Winickoff, Jonathan P ^a,b   Field, Alison E ^b,d   Green, Chloe ^c   Goodman, Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Adolescents; Built environment; Geographic information systems; Global positioning system; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SCHOOL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SCHOOLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84928571087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1596-6     Document Type: Article

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