Employees' perceptions of cycle commuting: A qualitative study

Health Education

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 198-215

  van Bekkum, Jennifer E ^a   Williams, Joanne M ^a   Morris, Paul Graham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bicycles; Employees; Travel

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954514801     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654281111123484     Document Type: Article

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