By your own two feet: Factors associated with active transportation in Canada

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 259-264

  Butler, Gregory P ^a,b   Orpana, Heather M ^c   Wiens, Alexander J ^d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Statistics Canada ^*  (Canada)

^c STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Physical activity; Transportation; Urban renewal

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548493922     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405399     Document Type: Article

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