U.S. School travel, 2009: An assessment of trends

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 146-151

  McDonald, Noreen C ^a   Brown, Austin L ^b   Marchetti, Lauren M ^b   Pedroso, Margo S ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Safe Routes to School National Partnership   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CYCLING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 79960516357     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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