Potential health impact of switching from car to public transportation when commuting to work

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2388-2391

  Morabia, Alfredo ^a,b   Mirer, Franklin E ^c   Amstislavski, Tashia M ^a   Eisl, Holger M ^a   Werbe Fuentes, Jordan ^a   Gorczynski, John ^a   Goranson, Chris ^d   Wolff, Mary S ^e   Markowitz, Steven B ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Department of Health ^*  (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORK;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEW YORK CITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRANSPORTATION; WEIGHT LOSS; WORK;

EID: 78649816568     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.190132     Document Type: Article

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