Travel patterns to school among children with asthma

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 632-640

  Oreskovic, Nicolas M ^a   Sawicki, Gregory S ^b   Kinane, T Bernard ^a   Winickoff, Jonathan P ^a   Perrin, James M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Active commuting; Asthma; Environment; Physical activity; School

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCHOOLS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 67249102098     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922809335323     Document Type: Article

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