The role of the built environment in explaining educational inequalities in walking and cycling among adults in the Netherlands

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Wijk, Daniël C ^a,b   Groeniger, Joost Oude ^b   Lenthe, Frank J ^b   Kamphuis, Carlijn B M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Built environment; Cycling; GIS; Health inequalities; Neighborhood; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CYCLE TRANSPORT; EDUCATION; GIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SPATIAL DATA; WALKING;

ADULT; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DUTCHMAN; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LAND USE; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEIGHBORHOOD; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION DENSITY; WALKING; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYCLING; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

NETHERLANDS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BICYCLING; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 85016461603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12942-017-0083-y     Document Type: Article

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