Active commuting to and from school among Swedish children - A national and regional study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 209-214

  Johansson, Klara ^a   Laflamme, Lucie ^a   Hasselberg, Marie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BICYCLING; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOLS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; SWEDEN; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 84859786625     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr042     Document Type: Article

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