“Can we walk?” Environmental supports for physical activity in India

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue , 2017, Pages S81-S89

  Adlakha, Deepti ^a   Hipp, J Aaron ^d   Brownson, Ross C ^a,b,c   A Eyler, Amy ^a,b   K Lesorogol, Carolyn ^a   Raghavan, Ramesh ^e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active living; Built environment; India; Non communicable diseases; Physical activity; Walkability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; LAND USE; LEISURE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEIGHBORHOOD ENVIRONMENT WALKABILITY SCALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SELF REPORT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRAVEL; URBAN AREA; WALKING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXERCISE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRAVEL; WALKING;

EID: 85002410816     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.09.020     Document Type: Article

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