Personal and environmental factors associated with active commuting to school in Switzerland

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-73

  Bringolf Isler, Bettina ^a   Grize, Leticia ^a   Mäder, Urs ^b   Ruch, Nicole ^b   Sennhauser, Felix H ^c   Braun Fahrländer, Charlotte ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Federal Institute of Sport   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Active mode of transportation; Children; Cultural factors; Environment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWITZERLAND; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SWITZERLAND; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 38049095546     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.06.015     Document Type: Article

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