Free bus passes, use of public transport and obesity among older people in England

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 176-180

  Webb, Elizabeth ^a,b   Netuveli, Gopalakrishnan ^a,b   Millett, Christopher ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BUS TRANSPORT; HEALTH RISK; LOGISTICS; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; TRANSPORTATION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84855992400     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2011.133165     Document Type: Article

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