Carbonless footprints: Promoting health and climate stabilization through active transportation

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Frank, Lawrence D ^a   Greenwald, Michael J ^b   Winkelman, Steve ^c   Chapman, James ^b   Kavage, Sarah ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Urban Design 4 Health Inc   (United States)

^c Center for Clean Air Policy   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate Stabilization; CO2 Emissions; Energy Use; Obesity; Transportation; Urban Form

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENERGY; FEMALE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LAND USE; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; TRAVEL; URBAN AREA; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GEORGIA; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73149099142     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.09.025     Document Type: Article

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