Does the presence and mix of destinations influence walking and physical activity?

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  King, Tania Louise ^a   Bentley, Rebecca Jodie ^a   Thornton, Lukar Ezra ^b   Kavanagh, Anne Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Built environment; Destinations; Geographic information systems; Multilevel analysis; Physical activity; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN AREA; WALKING; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941774434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12966-015-0279-0     Document Type: Article

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