Does the effect of walkable built environments vary by neighborhood socioeconomic status?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 262-267

  Steinmetz Wood, Madeleine ^a,b   Kestens, Yan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active transportation; Connectivity; Density of destinations; Land use mix; Neighborhood socioeconomic status; Physical activity; Walkability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DRIVER LICENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAND USE; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAVEL; UNEMPLOYMENT; WALKABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT; WALKING; ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXERCISE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943266542     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.09.008     Document Type: Article

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