Correlates of walking to school and implications for public policies: Survey results from parents of elementary school children in Austin, Texas

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Zhu, Xuemei ^a   Lee, Chanam ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Disparity; Environment; Policy; School; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARENT; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SCHOOL; SOCIAL MARKETING; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL MARKETING; STUDENTS; TEXAS; WALKING;

EID: 59849121077     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2008.51     Document Type: Article

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