Ambient fine particulate matter air pollution and leisure-time physical inactivity among US adults

Public Health

Volumn 129, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1637-1644

  An, R ^a   Xiang, X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Fine particulate matter; Multilevel model; Physical inactivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH RISK; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT FINE PARTICULATE MATTER AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; PSYCHOLOGY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; BODY WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947721318     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.07.017     Document Type: Article

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