Longitudinal and cross-sectional changes in active commuting to school among Brazilian schoolchildren

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 212-214

  Costa, Filipe F ^a   Silva, Kelly S ^a   Schmoelz, Camilie P ^a   Campos, Vanessa C ^a,b   de Assis, Maria Alice A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Commuting; Physical activity; Trend

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COMMUTING; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAR; CHILD; CYCLING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTORCYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; BICYCLING; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING;

EID: 84866042679     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.06.023     Document Type: Article

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