Qualitative accounts of urban commuter cycling

Health Education

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 448-462

  McKenna, J ^a   Whatling, M ^b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bicycles; England; Interviews; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548745203     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280710778583     Document Type: Article

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