Trend in active transportation to school among Swiss school children and its associated factors: Three cross-sectional surveys 1994, 2000 and 2005

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Grize, Leticia ^a,b   Bringolf Isler, Bettina ^a,b   Martin, Eva ^c,d   Braun Fahrländer, Charlotte ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Federal Office of Sport   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYCLING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCHOOL; SWITZERLAND; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAVEL; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WALKING;

EID: 77950812071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-7-28     Document Type: Article

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