Mode shifting in school travel mode: Examining the prevalence and correlates of active school transport in Ontario, Canada

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Wong, Bonny Yee Man ^a   Faulkner, Guy ^a   Buliung, Ron ^a   Irving, Hyacinth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; STUDENT; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; BICYCLING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING;

EID: 79960983991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-618     Document Type: Article

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