Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of active commuting to school in a nationwide representative sample of German adolescents

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-69

  Reimers, Anne K ^a   Jekauc, Darko ^a   Peterhans, Eliane ^a   Wagner, Matthias O ^a   Woll, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Germany; Health surveys; Schools; Social class; Transportation; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYCLING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84871951994     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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