Health impact assessment of increased cycling to place of work or education in Copenhagen

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Holm, Astrid Ledgaard ^a   Glümer, Charlotte ^b   Diderichsen, Finn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CYCLING; DISABILITY; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; EDUCATION; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84865139391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001135     Document Type: Article

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