Bicycling to school during the transition from childhood into adolescence: A six-year longitudinal study

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 369-383

  Cardon, Greet M ^a   Maes, Lea R D ^a   Haerens, Leen L ^a   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse M M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BELGIUM; BICYCLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; RISK; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; BAYES THEOREM; BELGIUM; BICYCLING; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; SCHOOLS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866252767     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: 15432920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.24.3.369     Document Type: Article

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