Neighbourhood walkability, daily steps and utilitarian walking in Canadian adults

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Hajna, Samantha ^a   Ross, Nancy A ^a   Joseph, Lawrence ^a   Harper, Sam ^a   Dasgupta, Kaberi ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED INTERVIEW; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY STEP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LAND USE; LAND USE MIX; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOOD DISORDER; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEIGHBOURHOOD WALKABILITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASON; SELF REPORT; SEX; SMOKING; STREET CONNECTIVITY; TRAFFIC; UTILITARIAN WALKING; WALK SCORE; WALKING; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953316231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008964     Document Type: Article

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