Characteristics of travel to and from school among adolescents in NSW, Australia

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 755-761

  Booth, Michael L ^a   Okely, Anthony D ^b   Denney Wilson, Elizabeth ^a   Hardy, Louise L ^a   Dobbins, Timothy ^a   Wen, Li Ming ^c   Rissel, Christopher ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c Health Promotion Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active transport; Adolescent; Children; Physical activity; Public transport

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; BICYCLING; CHILD; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR VEHICLES; NEW SOUTH WALES; RURAL HEALTH; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN HEALTH; WALKING;

EID: 35148864111     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01159.x     Document Type: Article

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