Pilot evaluation of a walking school bus program in a low-income, urban community

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Mendoza, Jason A ^a   Levinger, David D ^b   Johnston, Brian D ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b T Usability   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; SAFETY; SCHOOL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY AREAS; SAFETY; SCHOOLS; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN HEALTH; WALKING; WASHINGTON;

EID: 65649120742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-122     Document Type: Article

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