How are physical activity behaviors and cardiovascular risk factors associated with characteristics of the built and social residential environment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Eichinger, Michael ^a   Titze, Sylvia ^b   Haditsch, Bernd ^c   Dorner, Thomas E ^d   Stronegger, Willibald J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c Styrian District Health Insurance Fund ^*  (Austria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CRIME; CYCLING; DIET RESTRICTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AUSTRIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84932643722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126010     Document Type: Article

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