Cycling: Health benefits and risks

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Panis, Luc Int ^a  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; LETTER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TIDAL VOLUME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS; AIR POLLUTION; BICYCLING; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79952327336     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1003227     Document Type: Letter

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