Social-Ecological Correlates of Active Commuting to School Among High School Students

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 486-495

  Robertson Wilson, Jennifer E ^a   Leatherdale, Scott T ^b   Wong, Suzy L ^c  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active commuting; Adolescents; Environment; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SITTING; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WEATHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BICYCLING; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING;

EID: 41749094934     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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