Neighborhood environment and physical activity among rural Japanese older adults
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Neighborhood built environment and physical activity of Japanese older adults: results from the Aichi Gerontological Evaluation Study (AGES)
BACKGROUND Although many studies have reported the association between neighborhood built environment (BE) and physical activity (PA), less is known about the associations for older populations or in countries besides the US and Australia. The aim of this paper is to examine the associations for older adult populations in Japan. METHODS Our analyses were based on cross-sectional data from the...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Public Health
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1101-1262,1464-360X
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz186.254