Exploring bikeability in a metropolitan setting: Stimulating and hindering factors in commuting route environments

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Wahlgren, Lina ^a,b   Schantz, Peter ^a,c  

^a SWEDISH SCHOOL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BICYCLING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84857991726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-168     Document Type: Article

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