Understanding the relationships between private automobile availability, overall physical activity, and travel behavior in adults

Transportation

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 363-374

  Badland, Hannah M ^a   Schofield, Grant M ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Active transport; Adults; Car availability; Physical activity; Travel

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; LOGISTICS; RAILROAD CARS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUTOMOBILE AVAILABILITY; SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHICS;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

AUTOMOBILE; EMPLOYMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; DEVONPORT; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 42449123711     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-007-9150-8     Document Type: Article

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