Neighborhood walkability, physical activity, and walking for transportation: A cross-sectional study of older adults living on low income

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Chudyk, Anna M ^a,b   McKay, Heather A ^a,b   Winters, Meghan ^a,c   Sims Gould, Joanie ^a,b   Ashe, Maureen C ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR HIP HEALTH AND MOBILITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Built environment; Physical activity; Walk Score; Walkability; Walking; Walking for transportation

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; LIGHT INTENSITY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WALKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; MALE; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; SELF REPORT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACCELEROMETRY; AGED; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING;

EID: 85018482977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-017-0469-5     Document Type: Article

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