Walking to school and traffic exposure in Australian children

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 286-292

  Carlin, John B ^a,e   Stevenson, Mark R ^b   Roberts, Ian ^c   Bennett, Catherine M ^a   Gelman, Andrew ^d   Nolan, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PARENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRAVEL; WALKING;

EID: 0030781240     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1997.tb01701.x     Document Type: Article

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