Associations among individual, social, and environmental barriers and children's walking or cycling to school

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-113

  Salmon, Jo ^a,b   Salmon, Louisa ^a   Crawford, David A ^a   Hume, Clare ^a   Timperio, Anna ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active commuting; Barriers; Prevention research; Social ecologic models; Walking distance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEDESTRIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; TELEPHONE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALKING;

EID: 35948945652     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-22.2.107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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