Walk Score and Australian adults' home-based walking for transport

Health and Place

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 60-65

  Cole, Rachel ^a   Dunn, Peter ^a   Hunter, Ian ^b   Owen, Neville ^c,d,e,f   Sugiyama, Takemi ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b Gold Coast Local Health and Hospital Network Queensland Department of Health   (Australia)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Household travel survey; Neighborhood; Walkability; Walking for transport

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ADULT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; NEIGHBORHOOD; TRANSPORTATION MODE; WALKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CAR; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TRAVEL; WALK SCORE; WALKABILITY; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

AUSTRALIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939201361     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.06.011     Document Type: Article

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