Neighborhood walkability and body mass index trajectories: Longitudinal study of Canadians

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 934-940

  Wasfi, Rania A ^a   Dasgupta, Kaberi ^a   Orpana, Heather ^b   Ross, Nancy A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CANADA; CANADIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; NEIGHBORHOOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEIGHT GAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963541485     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303096     Document Type: Article

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