Sports facilities, shopping centers or homes: What locations are important for adults’ physical activity? A cross-sectional study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Jansen, Marijke ^a   Ettema, Dick ^a   Pierik, Frank ^b   Dijst, Martin ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Activity locations; Global positioning system (GPS); Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GPS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECREATIONAL FACILITY;

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HOME; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAND USE; MALE; MODERATE TO VIGOROUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SHOPPING CENTER; SMALL GREEN AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPORT FACILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXERCISE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGY; SPORT;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NETHERLANDS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPORTS;

EID: 84960105446     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13030287     Document Type: Article

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