Utilitarian Bicycling. A Multilevel Analysis of Climate and Personal Influences

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-58

  Winters, Meghan ^a   Friesen, Melissa C ^a   Koehoorn, Mieke ^a   Teschke, Kay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CITY; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NOISE POLLUTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BICYCLING; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33845989143     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2006.08.027     Document Type: Article

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