Proportions of students who use various modes of transportation to and from school in a representative population-based sample of children and adolescents, 1999

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-66

  Pabayo, Roman ^a   Gauvin, Lise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Faculte de Medecine   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Community surveys; Physical fitness; Socioeconomic factors; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUEBEC; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CLASS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 38049014172     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.07.032     Document Type: Article

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