The independent relations of both residential self-selection and the environment to physical activity

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 288-298

  Baar, Johanna ^a,b   Romppel, Matthias ^c   Igel, Ulrike ^a,b   Brähler, Elmar ^b,d   Grande, Gesine ^c  

^a LEIPZIG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

ecological effect; neighbourhood; physical activity; residential self selection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GERMAN (CITIZEN); HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; WALKING; DEMOGRAPHY; GERMANY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOLOGICAL FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928587978     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2014.938029     Document Type: Article

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