Comparison of adult physical activity levels in three Swiss alpine communities with varying access to motorized transportation

Health and Place

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 757-766

  Thommen Dombois, Oliver ^a   Braun Fahrländer, Charlotte ^a   Martin Diener, Eva ^b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Federal Office of Sports   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mode of transport; Physical activity; Settlement structure

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CAR USE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; JOURNEY TO WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TRANSPORTATION MODE; WALKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYCLING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SWITZERLAND; WALKING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33947690763     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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