Bikeability and methodological issues using the active commuting route environment scale (ACRES) in a metropolitan setting

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Wahlgren, Lina ^a   Schantz, Peter ^a  

^a SWEDISH SCHOOL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; BICYCLING; BODY MASS INDEX; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; SWEDEN; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78651387895     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-6     Document Type: Article

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