Sample characteristics.

<p>Quartiles of IMD defined with reference to the sample population in analysis. p values refer to a test of the difference between men and women within the respective samples. Missing responses imputed with the most conservative responses (least likely to be associated with MVPA) to maximise sample size (n = 8 cases across all variables).</p

Reported time spent in MVPA by recorded time spent in MVPA.

<p>Numbers shown represent the number of participants in each group.</p

Associations between individual, socio-economic and area-level characteristics and time spent in moderate and vigorous physical activity in men.

<p>n.i. not included as not significant in univariate analysis, <b>–</b> not added into the model as not relevant. β (95% CI) p indicates that regression coefficients, 95% confidence intervals and p values are given.</p

Associations between individual characteristics and the ranking of physical activity by self-report and an accelerometer in the full cohort.

<p>OR = odds ratio. Data were collected between May and November 2009 in Cambridge, UK.</p>a<p>p<0.25 in univariate analysis therefore variable carried forward into multivariate analysis.</p

Descriptive statistics of participants.

<p>Values are percentage (number of participants) unless otherwise stated. Data were collected between May and November 2009 in Cambridge, UK.</p>a<p>differences between males and females assessed using one-way ANOVA for continuously distributed variables and Mann-Whitney U test for non-parametric data.</p>b<p>n<478 due to missing data.</p

Sources, assessment, remediation and prevention of persistent organic pollutants. The ecocycle-model as a solution. Swedish case studies, environmental monitoring and legislation

Persistent organic pollutants are either deliberately produced substances by the industry for a wide range of applications or occurred as byproducts from various activities, such as industrial or combustion processes. Despite a considerable decrease in POP levels during the last decades, unintentional production and accumulation of these substances still occur, mostly due to uncontrolled combustion processes, the lack of life cycle assessment and long-range transboundary air pollution. Remediation methods (mostly phytoremediation) are being developed in order to reduce POPs in the environment, but there are some legal obstacles of certain methods involving the application of transgenic plants, which might offer a fairly fast solution, provided that the precautionary principle is not compromised. The proper life-cycle analysis of industrial products, the combination of bio-energy crop production, constructed wetlands, reed-beds and phytoremediation resulting in complete agro-ecocycles, may constitute the basis of a sustainable, poison-free society. Sweden has the strictest and most comprehensive environmental legislation in Europe. The Swedish Government commissioned the Swedish Chemicals Inspectorate jointly with the Swedish Environment Protection Agency to prepare a national implementation plan for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. The ecocyclemodel should provide the most suitable solution for reducing the level of POPs or eliminating these substances from the environment

Descriptive characteristics of participants by the comparison of ranking of PA by self-report and an accelerometer.

<p>Values are percentage (number of participants) unless otherwise stated. Data were collected between May and November 2009 in Cambridge, UK.</p

Additional file 1: of Physical activity and the environment: conceptual review and framework for intervention research

List of included papers. (DOCX 28 kb

Additional file 2: of Changes in active commuting and changes in physical activity in adults: a cohort study

Interactions for active commuting and walking commuting. (DOC 22 kb

Additional file 1: Table S1. of Longitudinal associations between built environment characteristics and changes in active commuting

Results table for univariate associations between sociodemographic characteristics and uptake and maintenance of active commuting. (DOCX 18 kb