Time limits? Reflecting and responding to time barriers for healthy, active living in Australia

Health Promotion International

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-54

  Strazdins, Lyndall ^a   Broom, Dorothy H ^a   Banwell, Cathy ^a   McDonald, Tessa ^a   Skeat, Helen ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

active transport; health equity; physical activity; time pressure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

AUSTRALIA; EXERCISE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 79551709966     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daq060     Document Type: Article

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