Using GPS Data to Study Neighborhood Walkability and Physical Activity

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2016, Pages e65-e72

  Rundle, Andrew G ^a   Sheehan, Daniel M ^a   Quinn, James W ^a   Bartley, Katherine ^b   Eisenhower, Donna ^b   Bader, Michael M D ^c   Lovasi, Gina S ^a   Neckerman, Kathryn M ^d  

^a Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; MOBILIZATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SPACE; UNITED STATES; WALKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXERCISE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING;

EID: 84958260475     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.07.033     Document Type: Article

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