On your bike! a cross-sectional study of the individual, social and environmental correlates of cycling to school

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Trapp, Georgina S A ^a,d   Giles Corti, Billie ^a   Christian, Hayley E ^a   Bulsara, Max ^b   Timperio, Anna F ^c   McCormack, Gavin R ^a   Villaneuva, Karen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active school transport; Children; Cycling; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAVEL; ATTITUDE; BICYCLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; WALKING;

ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; BICYCLING; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING;

EID: 80755125801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-8-123     Document Type: Article

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