Prevalence and correlates of walking and biking to school among adolescents

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-134

  Bungum, Timothy J ^a   Lounsbery, Monica ^a   Moonie, Sheniz ^a   Gast, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active transport to school; Adolescent; Physical activity levels

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BICYCLING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS; TRANSPORTATION; UTAH; WALKING;

EID: 62249131456     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-008-9135-3     Document Type: Article

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