Cycle commuting and perceptions of barriers: Stages of change, gender and occupation

Health Education

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 476-497

  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

Barriers; Commuting; Cycling; Employees; Gender; Individual behaviour; Occupation; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054835446     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654281111180472     Document Type: Article

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