Weather factor impacts on commuting to work by bicycle

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 122-124

  Flynn, Brian S ^a   Dana, Greg S ^a   Sears, Justine ^b   Aultman Hall, Lisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Vermont   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Bicycling; Exercise; Physical fitness; Transportation; Weather

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SNOW;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; WIND; WORK;

ADULT; BICYCLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VERMONT; WEATHER; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84856559005     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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