"Where have all the bicycles gone?" Are bicycle sales in Australia translated into health-enhancing levels of bicycle usage?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-147

  Bauman, Adrian ^a   Merom, Dafna ^a   Rissel, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bicycles; Cycling; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BICYCLE; CYCLING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MARKETING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

AUSTRALIA; BICYCLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL MARKETING; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84856529861     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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