Commuting and health in Cambridge: A study of a 'natural experiment' in the provision of new transport infrastructure

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ogilvie, David ^a   Griffin, Simon ^a   Jones, Andy ^b   Mackett, Roger ^c   Guell, Cornelia ^a   Panter, Jenna ^a   Jones, Natalia ^b   Cohn, Simon ^a   Yang, Lin ^a   Chapman, Cheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BICYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING;

ADULT; BICYCLING; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149494203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-703     Document Type: Article

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