Promoting transportation cycling for women: The role of bicycle infrastructure

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-59

  Garrard, Jan ^a   Rose, Geoffrey ^b   Lo, Sing Kai ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Faculty of Health Medicine Nursing and Behavioural Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bicycling; Gender; Physical activity; Public health; Transport

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; EMPORIATRICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BICYCLING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSPORTATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 38049012814     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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