Daily walking and cycling to work: Their utility as health-enhancing physical activity

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL.1, 1998, Pages

  Oja, Pekka ^a   Vuori, Ilkka ^a   Paronen, Olavi ^a  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Commuting; Cycling; Health promotion; Health enhancing physical activity; Walking

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LACTIC ACID; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; CYCLING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FINLAND; FITNESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; WALKING;

EID: 0031942982     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(98)00013-5     Document Type: Article

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