Active commuting to school among NSW primary school children: implications for public health

Health and Place

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 678-687

  Merom, Dafna ^a,b   Tudor Locke, Catrine ^c   Bauman, Adrian ^a,b   Rissel, Chris ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active commuting; Cycling; Environment; Safe; School; Walking

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COMMUTING; EDUCATION; LIFESTYLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; WALKING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAFETY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33746965556     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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