Built environment influences on healthy transportation choices: Bicycling versus driving

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 969-993

  Winters, Meghan ^a   Brauer, Michael ^a   Setton, Eleanor M ^b   Teschke, Kay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bicycle; Built environment; Non motorized transportation; Physical activity; Urban form

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BICYCLING; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650883301     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-010-9509-6     Document Type: Article

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