Active transportation to school: Findings from a national survey

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 352-357

  Fulton, Janet E ^a   Shisler, Jessica L ^a   Yore, Michelle M ^a   Caspersen, Carl J ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Bicycling; Children; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; RISK; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BICYCLING; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 26844578709     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2005.10599306     Document Type: Article

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