Active commuting to school among adolescents in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Change and predictors in a longitudinal study, 2004 to 2009

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 120-128

  Trang, Nguyen H H D ^a,b   Hong, Tang K ^a   Dibley, Michael J ^b  

^a PHAM NGOC THACH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CYCLING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBURBAN AREA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VIET NAM; WALKING;

EID: 84855917410     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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