Where do they go and how do they get there? Older adults' travel behaviour in a highly walkable environment

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 133, Issue , 2015, Pages 304-312

  Winters, Meghan ^a,b   Voss, Christine ^b   Ashe, Maureen C ^b   Gutteridge, Kaitlyn ^b   McKay, Heather ^b   Sims Gould, Joanie ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Built environment; Canada; Destinations; Mobility; Older adults; Physical activity; Travel behaviour

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; AGED; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAVEL; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

ACCELEROMETRY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAVEL; WALKING;

EID: 84939895817     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.07.006     Document Type: Article

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