Are characteristics of the school district associated with active transportation to school in Danish adolescents?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 398-404

  Stock, Christiane ^a   Bloomfield, Kim ^a,b,c   Ejstrud, Bo ^a   Vinther Larsen, Mathilde ^d   Meijer, Mathias ^a   Grønbæk, Morten ^d   Grittner, Ulrike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; BICYCLING; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING;

EID: 84861630870     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr111     Document Type: Article

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