Policies related to active transport to and from school: A multisite case study

Health Education Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 963-975

  Eyler, Amy A ^a   Brownson, Ross C ^a   Doescher, Mark P ^b   Evenson, Kelly R ^c   Fesperman, Carrie E ^c   Litt, Jill S ^d   Pluto, Delores ^e   Steinman, Lesley E ^b   Terpstra, Jennifer L ^f   Troped, Philip J ^g   Schmid, Thomas L ^h  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCHOOL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING;

CHILD; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; SCHOOLS; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56449115696     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cym061     Document Type: Article

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