The prevalence and use of walking loops in neighborhood parks: A national study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 170-174

  Cohen, Deborah A ^a   Han, Bing ^a   Evenson, Kelly R ^b   Nagel, Catherine ^c   McKenzie, Thomas L ^d   Marsh, Terry ^a   Williamson, Stephanie ^a   Harnik, Peter ^e  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c City Parks Alliance   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Trust for Public Land   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATIONAL PARK; SCHOOL CHILD; SITTING; STANDING; WALKING; WALKING LOOP; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EXERCISE; HUMANS; PARKS, RECREATIONAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 85011376172     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/EHP293     Document Type: Article

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