Built environment predictors of active travel to school among rural adolescents

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 312-319

  Dalton, Madeline A ^a   Longacre, Meghan R ^a   Drake, Keith M ^a   Gibson, Lucinda ^b   Adachi Mejia, Anna M ^a   Swain, Karin ^a   Xie, Haiyi ^a   Owens, Peter M ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Smart Mobility Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BUILDING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; SCHOOL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STUDENT; TRAVEL; WALKING; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; BICYCLING; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SEASONS; STUDENTS; TRANSPORTATION; VERMONT; WALKING;

EID: 79951754857     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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