Promoting Active Urban Aging: A Measurement Approach to Neighborhood Walkability for Older Adults
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Promoting Active Urban Aging: A Measurement Approach to Neighborhood Walkability for Older Adults.
Understanding the role of the built environment on physical activity behavior among older adults is an important public health goal, but evaluating these relationships remains complicated due to the difficulty of measuring specific attributes of the environment. As a result, there is conflicting evidence regarding the association between perceived and objectively measured walkability and physic...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cities and the Environment
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1932-7048
DOI: 10.15365/cate.31122010