Seasonal and socio-demographic determinants of school commuting

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-135

  Børrestad, Line A B ^a,b   Andersen, Lars B ^b,c   Bere, Elling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Active commuting; Children; Cycling; School; Seasonality; Walking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING;

AGE FACTORS; BICYCLING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING;

EID: 78751705295     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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