A note on the relationship between obesity and driving

Transport Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 772-776

  Jacobson, Sheldon H ^a   King, Douglas M ^b   Yuan, Rong ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuel consumption; Obesity; Public health; Public policy; Statistical regression

Indexed keywords

OBESITY; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957832090     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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