Personal, family, social, and environmental correlates of active commuting to school

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-51

  Timperio, Anna ^a   Ball, Kylie ^a   Salmon, Jo ^a   Roberts, Rebecca ^a   Giles Corti, Billie ^c   Simmons, Dianne ^b   Baur, Louise A ^d   Crawford, David ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING;

BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TRANSPORTATION; VICTORIA; WALKING;

EID: 30544433775     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2005.08.047     Document Type: Article

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