Demographic, environmental, access, and attitude factors that influence walking to school by elementary school-aged children

Journal of School Health

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 255-261

  Rodríguez, Ariel ^a   Vogt, Christine A ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active transportation; Elementary school aged children; Environment; Transportation access; Walking attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 65149085938     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2009.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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