Trade-offs between commuting time and health-related activities

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 746-757

  Christian, Thomas J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commuting; Health behaviors; Obesity; Time allocation; Time scarcity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEISURE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WORKPLACE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN HEALTH; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84868209435     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-012-9678-6     Document Type: Article

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