Environmental attributes related to walking and bicycling at the individual and contextual level

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 689-694

  Wendel Vos, G C W ^a   Van Hooijdonk, C ^a,b   Uitenbroek, D ^c   Agyemang, C ^d   Lindeman, E M ^e   Droomers, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e Department for Research and Statistics   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WALKING;

ARTICLE; BICYCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; BICYCLING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WALKING;

EID: 47949093933     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.062869     Document Type: Article

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