Neighborhood Walkability and Adiposity in the Women's Health Initiative Cohort

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 722-730

  Sriram, Urshila ^a   LaCroix, Andrea Z ^b   Barrington, Wendy E ^c   Corbie Smith, Giselle ^d   Garcia, Lorena ^e   Going, Scott B ^f   LaMonte, Michael J ^g   Manson, JoAnn E ^h   Sealy Jefferson, Shawnita ⁱ   Stefanick, Marcia L ^j   Waring, Molly E ^k   Seguin, Rebecca A ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED PERSON; NEIGHBORHOOD WALKABILITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADIPOSITY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84971238712     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.04.007     Document Type: Article

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