Neighbourhood and physical activity in German adolescents: GINIplus and LISAplus

Environmental Research

Volumn 147, Issue , 2016, Pages 284-293

  Markevych, Iana ^a,b   Smith, Maia P ^a   Jochner, Susanne ^c   Standl, Marie ^a   Brüske, Irene ^a   von Berg, Andrea ^d   Bauer, Carl Peter ^e   Fuks, Kateryna ^f   Koletzko, Sibylle ^b   Berdel, Dietrich ^d   Heinrich, Joachim ^a,b   Schulz, Holger ^a,g  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

^d MARIEN HOSPITAL WESEL   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f IUF LEIBNIZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^g German Center for Lung Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Built environment; Green spaces; Greenness; Sport facilities

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; GREENSPACE; NDVI; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL IMPACT; VEGETATION COVER;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LAND USE; LEISURE; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SPORT; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; GERMANY; LIFESTYLE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

BAVARIA; GERMANY; MUNICH; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA; WESEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84959440514     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.02.023     Document Type: Article

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