Changing the obesogenic environment: Insights from a cultural economy of car reliance

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-53

  Hinde, Sarah ^a   Dixon, Jane ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cars; Cultural economy; Environment; Interventions; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

OBSOGENIC ENVIRONMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL TREND;

RAILROAD CARS;

BODY SIZE; CAR USE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEALTH IMPACT; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10944234731     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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