A different route to health: Implications of transport policies

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7199, 1999, Pages 1686-1689

  Dora, Carlos ^a  

^a Rome Division   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; GOVERNMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MOTORIZED TRANSPORT; NOISE POLLUTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC MEDICINE; TRAVEL;

EID: 0033583957     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7199.1686     Document Type: Short Survey

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