Active transport to work in Australia: Is it all downhill from here?

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 62-68

  Bell, A Colin ^a   Garrard, J ^a   Swinburn, B A ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active transportation; Australia; Bicycling prevalence; Trends; Walking prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CYCLING; HUMAN; MOBILIZATION; PREVALENCE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING; WORK;

EID: 33645728913     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10105395060180011001     Document Type: Article

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